PROF. MITEMA SIMON O
BVM (University of Nairobi), M.Sc. (Kansas State University) and a Ph.D
P.O. Box 29053-00625, KABETE
+254-733-603970l: esmitema@uonbi.ac.ke
P.O. Box 29053-00625, KABETE
+254-733-603970l: esmitema@uonbi.ac.ke
The efficacies of pyrethrum marc and of albendazole against experimental sheep gastrointestinal nematode infection were compared. Sheep were infected orally with 10 000 larvae (Haemonchus spp. (60.1%), Oesophagostomum spp. (13.9%), Trichostrongylus spp. (13.2%), Cooperia spp. (8.3%), Nematodirus spp. (3.5%), Strongyloides spp. (0.8%) and Ostertagia spp. (0.2%). Faecal egg count reduction in albendazole-treated sheep was 100% by day 4 following treatment, compared to 37.03%, 31.3%, 38.9% and 51.8% on days 4,6,8 and 10 in pyrethrum marc-treated sheep. These reductions were statistically significant on days 8 and 10 post-treatment (p<0.05). The potential for using pyrethrins for helminth treatment is discussed.
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