An assessment of thiabendazole-resistant nematodes in some smallholder goat farms of Malaysia using the egg hatch assay method.
Faecal samples were collected from 48 randomly selected smallholder goat farms in northern Peninsular Malaysia. The nematode eggs extracted were tested for resistance to thiabendazole using the egg hatch assay technique. Thiabendazole resistance was found on 19% of farms tested.
Rahman
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School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang.
D000818:Animals; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D006041:Goats; D008296:Malaysia; D009348:Nematoda / Q000187:drug effects*; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010063:Ovum / Q000187:drug effects; D013827:Thiabendazole / Q000494:pharmacology*
D013827:Thiabendazole