Resistance to benzimidazole anthelmintics by trichostrongyles in sheep and goats in north-west Cameroon.
Following the routine use of tiabendazole at monthly intervals for several years, the trichostrongyle parasites of sheep and goats on a government research station in North-West Cameroon had become resistant to benzimidazole anthelmintics.
Ndamukong
K J
KJ
Institute of Animal Research, Bamenda, Cameroon.
Sewell
M M
MM
D000818:Animals; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005273:Fenbendazole / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology; D006041:Goats; D007978:Levamisole / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology; D013827:Thiabendazole / Q000494:pharmacology; D014251:Trichostrongyloidea / Q000187:drug effects*; D014252:Trichostrongyloidiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*
D001562:Benzimidazoles; D007978:Levamisole; D005273:Fenbendazole; D013827:Thiabendazole