Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1983 |
Authors: | I. G. Horak, Boomker, J., Kingsley, S. A., De Vos, V. |
Journal: | Journal of the South African Veterinary Association |
Volume: | 54 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pagination: | 251 - 253 |
Date Published: | 1983 |
ISBN Number: | 1019-9128 |
Keywords: | animals, Antelopes/parasitology, anthelmintic, Artiodactyla/parasitology, Injections, Ivermectin, Lactones, lice, Nematode Infections/drug therapy/veterinary, Tick Infestations/drug therapy/veterinary |
Abstract: | The efficacy of ivermectin, injected subcutaneously at a dosage rate of 200 mcg/kg live mass, was determined against nematodes, ixodid ticks and lice infestations acquired by free-living impala, Aepyceros melampus, in the Kruger National Park. Although the parasite burdens of the untreated control animals varied considerably, ivermectin appeared to be highly effective against 7 nematode species and effective against 3 others. Of the 4 tick species recovered, only Boophilus decoloratus appeared to have been affected. In the case of the lice infestations, ivermectin was highly effective against 3 species of Linognathus, but ineffective against the 2 Damalinia species present. |
URL: | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/16507762_The_efficacy_of_ivermectin_against_helminth_and_arthropod_parasites_of_impala |