J. Hubert et al., PERSISTENT EFFICACY OF TOPICAL MOXIDECTIN AGAINST DICTYOCAULUS-VIVIPARUS AND OSTERTAGIA-OSTERTAGI, Veterinary parasitology, 68(1-2), 1997, pp. 187-190
The persistent activity of moxidectin topically administered at the do
se rate of 0.5 mg kg(-1) bodyweight was evaluated against experimental
nematode infection in 30 calves randomly allocated to six groups. Fiv
e groups were treated on days -42, -35, -28, -21 and -14. The 6th grou
p remained untreated as a control. On Day 0, the calves were infected
experimentally with 1000 Dictyocaulus viviparus and 50 000 Ostertagia
ostertagi larvae and killed 3 weeks later. The formulation of moxidect
in showed excellent activity against both parasites for up to 5 weeks
(> 99%). Six weeks after treatment the reduction in the number of D. v
iviparus was still high (> 90%). No adverse reactions to moxidectin we
re observed in any of the animals.