Efficacy of febantel in sheep experimentally infected with five species of gastrointestinal nematodes.
The anthelmintic activity of the guanidine derivative febantel was tested in a total of 76 experimentally infected lambs in two control tests. Doses of 5.0 and 7.5 mg per kg body-weight were administered orally against fourth and pre-adult fifth or adult stages of Haemonchus contortus, Ostertagia circumcincta, Trichostrongylus colubriformis, B unostomum trigonocephalum and Oesophagostomum columbianum. The efficacy was between 98.5 and 100 per cent. The drug was well tolerated.
D000083:Acetanilides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006146:Guanidines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006188:Haemonchiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary; D006725:Hookworm Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D009814:Oesophagostomiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000083:Acetanilides; D000871:Anthelmintics; D006146:Guanidines; C017309:febantel