Anthelmintic efficiency of fenbendazole in equines.
A single oral dose of fenbendazole (FBZ) at 10mg/kg body mass was given to 5 donkeys. A further 5 donkeys were dosed with a medicated lick (1 mg FBZ/g lick) until the oral consumption was 10mg/kg body mass. In both trials FBZ was highly effective against adults of the following genera: Cyathostomum, Cylicocyelus, Cylicostephanus, Cylicodontophorus, Poteriostomum, Cabellonema, Craterostomum and Triodontophorus; similarly high efficiency was obtained against the following species: Habronema majus, Habronema musca, Strongylus vulgaris and Oxyuris equi and worms identified as belonging to the subfamily Cyathostostominae. These results were confirmed in horses and in addition FBZ at 10mg/kg was highly effective against Gyalocephalus capitatus, Oesophagodontos robustus and Parascaris equorum.
D000818:Animals; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005273:Fenbendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006736:Horses / Q000469:parasitology; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D010527:Perissodactyla / Q000469:parasitology*
D001562:Benzimidazoles; D005273:Fenbendazole