Efficacy of oxfendazole for the treatment of giardiosis in dogs. Experiments in dog breeding kennels

Giardiosis is one of the most frequent parasites of dogs and cais. Since se veral years, the treatment is based on the use of metronidazole, A coprosco pic study, in four dog kennels was conducted to demonstrate, at a significa nt level, the efficacy of oxfendazole (Dolthene(R), Merial). At the posolog y of 11.3 mg/kg each day during three days (D1, D2 and D3), no dogs elimina ted Giardia cysts and all dogs ore clinically cured. The importance of hygi enic measures is underlined. In kennels 1 and 2 where hygienic conditions w ere poor, dogs reexcreted cysts again after treatment. In kennels where the boxes were disinfected, no dogs, treated with 22.6 or 11.3 mg/kg, reexcret ed Giardia cysts.