Resistance to benzimidazole anthelmintics by Haemonchus contortus in goats in peninsular Malaysia.
A previous study had suggested that local strains of goat trichostrongyles, comprising largely Haemonchus contortus, might have developed resistance to benzimidazole anthelmintics. A trial involving 18 goats was conducted to confirm this. There was a significant (P < 0.01) reduction in worm burdens in goats given levamisole, but this was not so for those animals given albendazole, fenbendazole, oxfendazole and mebendazole (P > 0.05).
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School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang.
D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001562:Benzimidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005273:Fenbendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015511:Goat Diseases; D006041:Goats; D006188:Haemonchiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D006189:Haemonchus / Q000187:drug effects*; D007978:Levamisole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008296:Malaysia; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000871:Anthelmintics; D001562:Benzimidazoles; D007978:Levamisole; D005273:Fenbendazole; D008463:Mebendazole; D015766:Albendazole; C011030:oxfendazole