title: Efficacy of seven anthelmintics against Ancylostoma ceylanicum in the golden hamster, Mesocricetus auratus.
abstract: In an experimental patent infection of Ancylostoma ceylanicum in golden hamsters the efficacy of seven anthelmintics was tested; bephenium hydroxynaphthoate, tetramisole, tetrachlorethylene, phenylene 1,4-diisothiocyanate, thiabendazole, parbendazole and mebendazole were studied. Mebendazole was the most effective, with parbendazole, phenylene 1,4-diisothiocyanate, thiabendazole and bephenium hydroxynaphthoate also satisfactory. Tetrachlorethylene and tetramisole were the least effective in our screen.
mesh_terms: D000724:Ancylostomiasis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001598:Bephenium Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006224:Cricetinae; D007422:Intestines / Q000469:parasitology; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008647:Mesocricetus; D013827:Thiabendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D001562:Benzimidazoles; D001598:Bephenium Compounds; D008463:Mebendazole; D013827:Thiabendazole