The activity of triclabendazole against immature and adult Fasciola hepatica infections in sheep.
The efficiency of a new benzimidazole anthelmintic, triclabendazole, was tested against cumulative infections with Fasciola hepatica aged 1 to 12 weeks in sheep and compared with that of rafoxanide. At 10 mg/kg, triclabendazole was 99% effective in eliminating both immature and adult flukes. At a lower dose rate of 5 mg/kg, triclabendazole was highly effective against adults and significantly reduced the number of early immature flukes with an 87% overall reduction of fluke burden. Rafoxanide at 7.5 mg/kg showed high efficiency against adult fluke, but its effect on immatures was not significant, and overall efficiency was 64%.
D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005210:Fasciola hepatica; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D011888:Rafoxanide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology
D000871:Anthelmintics; D011888:Rafoxanide