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Strategic Treatment of Fascioliasis in an Integrated Dairy Farm in Kaduna State, A Clinical Experiment
S. Danbirni, S.O. Okaiyeto, S.B. Pewan, L. Allam, E.N. Akam and A.K.B. Sackey
Corresponding Author: Samaila Danbirni
Submitted: 2011 March, 05
Accepted: 2011 April, 07
Published: 2011 June, 10 |
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An experimental study on strategic treatment of bovine fascioliasis was conducted on 180 white
Fulani x Friesians cross of various ages and sex. All the animals are on semi intensive management system. The
animals were divided into 3 groups of 60 lactating, 60 dry cows and 60 young stocks (heifers and bulls). All
animal in farm were screened for fascioliasis. The lactating animals and the young stock were treated with
Ivomec super® at a dose rate of 1 mL/50 kg body weight at the beginning of the dry season (December) while
the dry cows were excluded. 20 faecal samples were collected randomly from each group every end of the
month throughout the dry season (December-April respectively) and analyzed by sedimentation technique for
Fasciola egg(s). None of the treated animals were positive at the end of December to April. 16, 19, 24, 26, 29%
of dry animals were positive for Fasciola eggs throughout the experimental period (December-April). In
conclusion, a single injection of Ivomec super® administered in mid-December may be used as a protocol to
effectively control the incidence of bovine fascioliasis in the tropic.
Key words: Friesians, Ivomec super®, sedimentation, white fulani, , ,
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S. Danbirni, S.O. Okaiyeto, S.B. Pewan, L. Allam, E.N. Akam and A.K.B. Sackey, . Strategic Treatment of Fascioliasis in an Integrated Dairy Farm in Kaduna State, A Clinical Experiment. International Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, (3): 164-166.
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