The efficacy of an albendazole-medicated block in controlling sheep nematodes in Xinjiang province, north-west China.
Medicated feed-blocks containing 2 mg/kg albendazole were fed for 12 days to ewe-lambs naturally infected with nematode worms in north-west China. The cumulative total average intake of albendazole was 15 mg/kg body weight. This treatment was compared with a single oral drench of 15 mg/kg albendazole and with no treatment. Both albendazole treatments were 99% effective in reducing the total strongyle egg counts. The medicated block was 100% effective in reducing the total trichostrongylid worm count, although only 86.4% of the sheep consumed an adequate amount. The single drench was 97% effective. Under the management conditions available to sheep herders in the northern provinces of China, albendazole-medicated feed blocks used at strategic times could effectively control trichostrongylid nematodes.
China-Australia Sheep Research Project, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Sciences, Urumqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China.
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LX
Tan
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Gong
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Tan
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Ni
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JC
Wang
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ZM
Guo
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Vanselow
D015766:Albendazole / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D005503:Food Additives; D009348:Nematoda / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases; D013607:Tablets; D014253:Trichostrongylosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary; D014254:Trichostrongylus / Q000302:isolation & purification
D000871:Anthelmintics; D005503:Food Additives; D013607:Tablets; D015766:Albendazole