Recent developments in the chemotherapy of parasitic infections of poultry

Salisch, H.

doi:10.1079/wps19890009

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“…Synthetic pyrethroids such as permethrin, flumethrin and cypermethrin have been considered effective against poultry ectoparasites including feather mites such as Megninia cubitalis and P obtusus (Salisch 1989), and in the present study, deltamethrin, another synthetic pyrethroid, was effective in the control of the feather mite Mginglymura.…”

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Feather mite infestation in a broiler breeder farm

D’Souza¹,

Murthy²,

Jagannath³

2001

Veterinary Record

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Feather mite infestation in a broiler breeder farm

D’Souza¹,

Murthy²,

Jagannath³

2001

Veterinary Record

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“…Low abundance taxa (<2%) were not shown for illustrative purposes [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com] for a rapid integration of this knowledge into bird-related practices, such as those in wild bird conservation programmes. Also, our results suggest that further studies of birds in farms, zoos and the pet trade are needed, where traditionally feather mites were viewed as parasites, with birds provided with treatment using acaricides (e.g., Alekseev, 1998;Salisch, 1989). This practice not only has the downside of monetary expense because of the use of acaricides, but could also result in the loss of the potential services provided by feather-cleaning mites, as our results suggest.…”

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Feather mites play a role in cleaning host feathers: New insights fromDNAmetabarcoding and microscopy

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Parasites and other symbionts are crucial components of ecosystems, regulating host populations and supporting food webs. However, most symbiont systems, especially those involving commensals and mutualists, are relatively poorly understood. In this study, we have investigated the nature of the symbiotic relationship between birds and their most abundant and diverse ectosymbionts: the vane-dwelling feather mites. For this purpose, we studied the diet of feather mites using two complementary methods. First, we used light microscopy to examine the gut contents of 1,300 individual feather mites representing 100 mite genera (18 families) from 190 bird species belonging to 72 families and 19 orders. Second, we used high-throughput sequencing (HTS) and DNA metabarcoding to determine gut contents from 1,833 individual mites of 18 species inhabiting 18 bird species. Results showed fungi and potentially bacteria as the main food resources for feather mites (apart from potential bird uropygial gland oil). Diatoms and plant matter appeared as rare food resources for feather mites. Importantly, we did not find any evidence of feather mites feeding upon bird resources (e.g., blood, skin) other than potentially uropygial gland oil. In addition, we found a high prevalence of both keratinophilic and pathogenic fungal taxa in the feather mite species examined. Altogether, our results shed light on the long-standing question of the nature of the relationship between birds and their vane-dwelling feather mites, supporting previous evidence for a commensalistic-mutualistic role of feather mites, which are revealed as likely fungivore-microbivore-detritivore symbionts of bird feathers.

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“…For years the following substances for anticoccidial prophylaxis in poultry have predominantly been in use: the five polyether antibiotics lasalocid, maduramycin, monensin, narasin, and salinomycin; several synthetic anticoccidials such as amprolium, clopidol, decoquinate, halofuginone, nicarbazin, robenidine, sulfaquinoxaline, and some other sulfonamides; zoalene; and, finally, some combinations such as amprolium plus sulfaquinoxaline plus ethopabate, clopidol plus methylbenzoequate, sulfadimethoxine plus ormetoprim, and narasin plus nicarbazin (McDougald 1993(McDougald , 1994Salisch 1989).…”

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Chemotherapy of human and animal coccidioses: state and perspectives

Haberkorn

1996

Parasitol Res

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The state and perspectives for chemotherapy of cyst-forming and non-cyst-forming coccidia in humans and animals are summarized. In toxoplasmosis the therapeutic care of transplacental infections, which have gone out of control because of immunodeficiency, is in the forefront of attempts at improvement. Predominant drugs in use are pyrimethamine combined with a sulfonamide or with clindamycin, or trimethoprim plus sulfamethoxazole. For reasons of tolerability in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients, after 3 months of therapy a maintenance treatment on 2 days a week has recently given very positive results. In cats, monensin and toltrazuril are effective against the intestinal developmental stages of Toxoplasma gondii, the later drug affecting to a reasonable extent the extraintestinal stages as well. Attempts to treat neosporosis and sarcocystosis remain in the initial stages. The same is true for cryptosporidiosis in humans and animals. A number of highly effective drugs are available for prophylaxis of poultry coccidiosis. Increasing problems with resistance have led to new treatment schemes such as shuttle and rotation programs. In addition to a new polyether, semduramycin, a benzeneacetonitrile derivative (diclazuril) has been developed in recent years. After three decades a new drug (toltrazuril), a symmetrical triazinone derivative, has brought improvements for therapy and/or metaphylaxis in coccidiosis of poultry and mammals. The increasing possibilities for vaccination may result in new aspects for the use of chemotherapeutics, i.e., new combinations and/or shuttle or rotation programs.

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Recent developments in the chemotherapy of parasitic infections of poultry

Cited by 8 publications

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Feather mite infestation in a broiler breeder farm

Feather mite infestation in a broiler breeder farm

Feather mites play a role in cleaning host feathers: New insights fromDNAmetabarcoding and microscopy

Chemotherapy of human and animal coccidioses: state and perspectives

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