| efficacy of an in-feed formulation containing ivermectin for the control of intestinal strongyles in captive zebras (equus burchelli (gray, 1824)). | the efficacy of medicated food pellets (containing 10mg of ivermectin per kg, unifeed, veronesi, verona, italy) was evaluated for the control of intestinal strongyles in a group of captive zebras (equus burchelli) at the safari park, fasano (apulia region, brindisi province, southern italy). the egg reappearance period and the faecal egg counts in terms of eggs per gram of faeces were investigated. from day 0 until day +9, 30 zebras were fed with medicated pellets and pooled faecal samples were ... | 2010 | 20071086 |
| morphology and diagnosis of the fourth-stage larva of coronocyclus labratus (looss, 1900) (nematoda: strongyloidea) parasitising equids. | the fourth larval stage (l4) of coronocyclus labratus (looss, 1900) hartwich, 1986, one of the common species of the cyathostominae found in equids, is identified and described. the larvae found were identified as c. labratus by finding moulting forms possessing characters of both larval and adult stages. the larvae are similar to those of cylicocyclus leptostomum (kotlán, 1920) foster, 1936, cyathostomum catinatum looss, 1900 and cylicostephanus goldi (boulenger, 1917) lichtenfels, 1975. the bu ... | 2010 | 20700695 |
| field study on the efficacy of an oral 2% ivermectin formulation in horses. | twenty horses naturally infected with nematodes were included in a blind, controlled field study on efficacy and safety of an oral 2% ivermectin formulation at a dose of 0.2 mg.kg(-1). horses were divided into treated and non-treated (control) groups with ten animals each based on preliminary counts of eggs per gram of feces (epg). stool samples were collected after treatment for identification of nematode species. clinical evaluations and epg counts were performed on days 0, +5, +14 and +19. ni ... | 2011 | 21722495 |