title: Control of some internal parasites of chinchillas.
abstract: An unidentified coccidia was found in chinchillas. Treatment with sulfamethazine apparently eradicated the infection from several herds. Ostertagia females and 1 Trichostrongylus colubriformis male were also found in chinchillas, causing emaciation. A dose of thiabendazole of 100 mg./kg. of body weight was effective against the roundworms, but it was toxic. A dose of trichlorphon, 100 mg./kg. of body weight, was effective and safe. Hymenolepis infection caused emaciation and death. Treatment with doses of niclosamide, 200 mg./kg. of body weight, was successful in removing tapeworms, ending deaths, and improving the condition of the host. It did not eradicate the infection.
authors.affiliation: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stampa
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Hobson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002682:Chinchilla; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D003049:Coccidiostats / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006925:Hymenolepiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D010029:Ostertagiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D013418:Sulfamethazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014252:Trichostrongyloidiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D003049:Coccidiostats; D013418:Sulfamethazine