Table 2. Reported adverse effects after anthelmintics treatment of porcine cysticercosis.
Reference | Anthelmintic | Dose (mg/kg) | Treatment duration | Adverse effects |
12 | FLU | 5.5–40 | 10 consecutive days | Reduced appetite |
14 | FBZ | 5–45 | 7 or 14 consecutive days | Slightly reduced appetite |
17 | ABZ | 30 | 3 consecutive days | Lethargy and anorexia |
17 | ABZ | 50 | Single-dose treatment | Prostration, anorexia, lethargia, and death |
20 | ABZSO | 15 | 8 consecutive days | Ulcers developed in 2 pigs at injection site |
23 | PZQ | 50 | Single dose | No side effect reported |
23 | PZQ+OFZ | 30+50 | Single dose | No side effect reported |
23 | OFZ | 30 | Single dose | No side effect reported |
24 | OFZ | 10, 20 & 30 | Single dose | No side effect observed |
25 | OFZ | 30 | Single dose | No side effect observed |
26 | OFZ | 30 | Single dose | Not reported |
27 | OFZ | 30 | Single dose | Not reported |
32 | PZQ | 50 | >15 days | Not reported |
33 | PZQ | 25, 50 & 100 | Single day | Not reported |
34 | NZX | 150 | 7 consecutive days | No side effect observed |