Nc. Sangster et al., INHERITANCE OF LEVAMISOLE AND BENZIMIDAZOLE RESISTANCE IN AN ISOLATE OF HAEMONCHUS-CONTORTUS, International journal for parasitology, 28(3), 1998, pp. 503-510
Reciprocal crosses between an isolate of Haemonchus contortus resistan
t to both benzimidazole and levamisole anthelmintics and a susceptible
isolate were performed in order to determine the mode of inheritance
of these resistances. F-1 and F-2 generations and parent isolates were
assayed for susceptibility to thiabendazole and levamisole in vitro.
For each drug all of the filial generations were intermediate in susce
ptibility between the parent isolates, and analysis indicated that res
istance was inherited as an incompletely recessive character determine
d by more than one gene in each case. There was no evidence of materna
l inheritance. Results of both the in vitro assays and in vitro select
ion, followed by determination of sex ratio in the survivors, as well
as studies on adult worms, provided no evidence for sex-linkage. This
work illustrates that in vitro assays coupled with minimal studies in
sheep are useful for determining inheritance of resistance, yet use fe
wer experimental animals than traditional studies. (C) 1998 Australian
Society for Parasitology. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.