title: Improving liveweight gain of lambs infected by multidrug-resistant nematodes using a FECRT-based schedule of treatments.
abstract: The aim of this study was to compare the liveweight gain of lambs, infected by multidrug-resistant nematodes, treated by conventional schemes of helminth control or using a schedule based on fecal egg count reduction test (FECRT). The flock was selected after a FECRT (experiment 1) which revealed a parasite population resistant to benzimidazoles, imidazothiazoles, macrocyclic lactones (ivermectin), salicylanilides, nitrophenols, and organophosphates. Despite the parasite resistance to ivermectin (an avermectin), the moxidectin (a milbemycin) was effective against the gastrointestinal nematodes (PR > 90%). In experiment 2, 48 suckling lambs were distributed in four randomized blocks (G1, G2, G3, and G4) by previous body weighings. G1 was kept as untreated control; G2 was treated following a FECRT-based schedule with drugs chosen based on fecal analysis (first drench with moxidectin, second drench with a combination of moxidectin and levamisole, and third drench with praziquantel, an anti-cestode drug); G3 and G4 received three drenches with ivermectin or disophenol, respectively. Body weighings and fecal analysis of these lambs were performed every 2 weeks over a 98-day period. An effective control of gastrointestinal nematodes was obtained with two nematicidal drenches following the FECRT-based schedule of treatments. On the other hand, eggs per gram of feces (EPG) counts were no different among untreated control, G3, and G4. Lambs treated using the FECRT-based schedule had the greatest liveweight gain among the groups tested. Additionally, liveweight gain was no different among the groups G3, G4, and G1. The FECRT-based schedule of anthelmintic treatments was beneficial regarding productivity and sustainability of helminth control in lambs infected by multidrug-resistant nematodes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Av. Roraima 1000, Prédio 44, 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Felipe Lamberti
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Pivoto
authors.forename: Fabricio Amadori
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: Paulo Afonso
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Anezi-Junior
authors.forename: Augusto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Alfredo Skrebsky
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Cezar
authors.forename: Luis Antonio
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Sangioni
authors.forename: Fernanda Silveira Flores
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Vogel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D009348:Nematoda / Q000187:drug effects*; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000662:veterinary; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D015430:Weight Gain
chemical_list: D000969:Antinematodal Agents
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