Abstract
Thirteen Standardbred horses, two to five years of age, were treated with ivermectin paste per os at 200 μg/kg of body weight and 13 were untreated. Two weeks after treatment, previously untreated horses were given the paste. Fecal samples were collected from all horses at the time of treatment and periodically thereafter up to 14 weeks and were examined for nematode eggs using the Cornell-McMaster dilution and the Cornell-Wisconsin double centrifugation procedures.
All horses consumed the paste readily and had no signs of toxicosis. Strongyle eggs were found in the feces of all horses before treatment but not at two to three weeks after treatment. At five to six weeks after treatment only two horses had eggs in the feces. At eight, ten, 12 and 14 weeks after treatment 27, 69, 88 and 100% of the horses examined, respectively, had a few strongyle eggs but these were no greater than 18% of that of the pretreatment samples. Ivermectin oral paste, therefore, appeared to be highly effective against both adult and immature strongyles.
Keywords: Ivermectin oral paste, horses, strongyles, efficacy of treatment
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