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. 2016 Jul 30;225:19–28. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2016.05.015

Table 1.

Cases of anthelmintic resistance in sheep and goats.

Species Country Anthelmintica (Class) Nematode genera Reference(s)
Goats Ethiopia Albendazole, Tetramisole, Ivermectin (BZ, IMID, AVM) H. contortus, Trichostrongylus, Teladorsagia spp Sissay et al., (2006), Kumsa and Abebe (2009)
Uganda Albendazole, Levamisole, Ivermectin (BZ, IMID, AVM) H. contortus, Cooperia spp. Oesophagostomum spp Byaruhanga and Okwee-Acai, 2013
Nigeria H. contortus Chiejina et al. (2010)
Pakistan Oxfendazole, Levamisole (BZ, IMID) H. contortus, T. colubriformis Saeed et al. (2010)



Sheep Zimbabwe Fenbendazole, Albendazole, Oxfendazole, Levamisole (BZ, IMID) H. contortus, Cooperia spp. Mukaratirwa et al. (1997), Matika et al. (2003)
Zimbabwe Fenbendazole, Levamisole, Rafoxanide (BZ, IMID, SCL) H. contortus Boersema and Pandey (1997)
Zambia Ivermectin, Albendazole (AVM, BZ) H. contortus Gabriel et al. (2001)
Germany Levamisole, Ivermectin (IMID, AVM) Trichostrongylus spp Voigt et al. (2012)
Brazil Ivermectin (AVM) H. contortus, Fortes et al. (2013)
Northern Ireland Benzimidazole, Moxidectin, AvermectinLevamisole (BZ, MLB, AVM, IMID) Trichostrongylus Teladorsagia, Cooperia spp. McMahon et al. (2013)



Sheep/goats South Africa Albendazole, Closantel, Ivermectin, Levamisole (BZ, SCL, AVM, IMID) H. contortus, Trichostrongylus, Oesophagostomum spp Bakunzi et al. (2013), Tsotetsi et al. (2013)
Kenya Ivermectin,Fenbendazole (AVM, BZ) H.contortus, Trichostrongylus,Oesophagostomum spp. Mwamachi et al. (1995)
Switzerland Avermectin (AVM) Haemonchus contortus, Trichostrongylus spp Artho et al. (2007)
Norway Albendazole (BZ) Teladorsagia, Trichostrongylus spp Domke et al. (2012)
India Fenbendazole, Benzimidazole (BZ) H. contortus, Trichostrongylus spp Rialch et al. (2013)
India Thiabendazole, Tetramisole (BZ, IMID) H. contortus Swarnkar and Singh (2011)
Philippines Benzimidazoles (BZ) H. contortus Ancheta et al. (2004)
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Benzimidazoles—BZ; Macrocyclic lactones- ML (Avermectins-AVM or Milbemycin−MLB; Nicotinic agonists (Imidothiazoles-IMID or Tetrahydropyrimidines-TETR); Aminoacetonitriles derivatives-AAD; Salicylanilides-SCL.