| anthelmintic efficacy of ivermectin and abamectin, administered orally for seven consecutive days (100 µg/kg/day), against nematodes in naturally infected pigs. | the present study aimed to evaluate ivermectin and abamectin, both administered orally in naturally infected domestic swine, as well as analysing if the epg (eggs per gram of faeces) values were equivalent with the ivermectin and abamectin efficacy obtained by parasitological necropsies. the animals were randomly selected based on the average of three consecutive epg counts of strongylida, ascaris suum and trichuris for experiment i, and of strongylida and trichuris for experiment ii. after the ... | 2014 | 25278142 |
| gastrointestinal helminths of wild hogs and their potential livestock and public health significance in jamaica. | an investigation into the potential for transmission of gastrointestinal helminths from wild hogs to livestock and humans was prompted by concerns of recreational wild-hog hunting in the caribbean region and the recent practice, by livestock farmers in jamaica, of co-rearing wild and domesticated swine. thirty-one wild hogs from the hellshire hills, a dry limestone forest in southern jamaica, were necropsied during the period june 2004 to august 2006. thirteen of the captured animals were male a ... | 2016 | 26821705 |