Mebendazole in the treatment of Hymenolepis nana infections in the captive ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta), China.
The present study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of mebendazole in the treatment of Hymenolepis nana infection in ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta). Ten (L. catta) from the Chengdu Zoological Garden in China, which were naturally infected with H. nana, were treated with mebendazole (10 mg/kg for 5 days). A posttreatment fecal examination was conducted 10 and 20 days after the start of treatment. All treatments resulted in a decrease in the number of eggs per gram in the posttreatment sample compared with the pretreatment sample. Reduction of mean egg count was 97.6% and 100% on days 10 and 20, respectively. The results indicated that mebendazole has marked efficacy against H. nana infections in L. catta.
Department of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625014, China.
Bo
B
Li
Bo
B
Zhao
Guang-You
GY
Yang
Qiang
Q
Wang
Li-Li
LL
Niu
Jia-Bo
JB
Deng
Xiao-Bin
XB
Gu
Shu-Xian
SX
Wang
D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006925:Hymenolepiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D006926:Hymenolepis / Q000145:classification*; D007900:Lemur; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010270:Parasite Egg Count
D000871:Anthelmintics; D008463:Mebendazole