The Effect of Ivermectin Pour-on Administration Against Natural Heterakis gallinarum Infestation and its Prevalence in Native Poultry

Abstract

<b>Problem statement: </b>One of the real problems that cause the economic prejudice in animal&#13; farms yearly is parasitic diseases. To overcome these problems the use of antiparasitic drugs is&#13; necessary. Ivermectin is a broad spectrum antiparasitic agent and different routes of its administration&#13; such as injection, oral and pour-on were used. The aims of the current study were evaluation of the&#13; efficacy of ivermectin pour-on administration against natural Heterakis gallinarum infection in native&#13; poultry and also determination the prevalence rate of this parasite in Tabriz area.<b> Approach:</b>In the&#13; present study, 120 native poultry were investigated by Egg Per Gram of feces (EPG) feces test. Willis&#13; method was applied for feces test and Mack-master slide method was used for counting nematode&#13; eggs. After confirming the infection with worms, Ivermectin (0.5 mg kg^&#8722;1) pour-on was administrated&#13; to infected birds. Fecal examination was repeated in 1, 7, 21 and 28 days post treatment. <b>Results:&#13; </b>Results showed that total prevalence of Heterakis gallinarum infection was 21.66% in native poultry of&#13; Tabriz area. Efficacy rate of ivermectin pour-on was 59.14, 87.87, 97.65 and 99.57% in 1, 7, 21 and 28&#13; days respectively. <b>Conclusion:</b> In conclusion, the effect of this drug against Heterakis gallinarum&#13; resulted in reduction in egg count exceeded 98% (p<0.05), so this drug can be used in antiparasitic&#13; program in poultry. Further investigations are necessary to evaluate the drug effect on other nematodes&#13; and parasitic infections

Morphological characterization of nematodes of the genera Capillaria, Acuaria, Amidostomum, Streptocara, Heterakis, and Ascaridia isolated from intestine and gizzard of domestic birds from different regions of the temperate Kashmir valley

“…Groups of helminth parasites viz cestodes, trematodes, nematodes and acanthocephala represented by more than 25 species were found, infecting poultry birds. The high incidence of helminth infections in free range poultry has also been reported by a number of workers (Pandit et al 1991;Marco et al 2008;Yacob et al 2009;Mukaratirwa and Khumalo 2010;Khayatnouni et al 2011). However, among these groups Cestodes were dominant as per the present study, which is in conformity with the results given by Ramulu et al (1985), Eslami et al (2009), andKhayatnouni et al (2011) and were followed by Nematodes.…”

“…The high incidence of helminth infections in free range poultry has also been reported by a number of workers (Pandit et al 1991;Marco et al 2008;Yacob et al 2009;Mukaratirwa and Khumalo 2010;Khayatnouni et al 2011). However, among these groups Cestodes were dominant as per the present study, which is in conformity with the results given by Ramulu et al (1985), Eslami et al (2009), andKhayatnouni et al (2011) and were followed by Nematodes. Among nematodes Heterakis gallinae is a very common parasite of domestic fowl which was reported in almost all the fowls collected randomly from different localities of Kashmir.…”

Flea Infestation in Farm Animals and its Zoonotic Importance in East-Azerbaijan Province

“…Consequently, they are not usually thought to be significant pests of large domesticated animals. Nevertheless, there are reports of flea infestations on livestock including horses (Yeruham et al, 1996), goats (Kusiluka et al, 1995;McCrindle et al, 1999), sheep (Kusiluka et al, 1995;Dipelu and Ayoade, 1982), cattle (Araujo et al, 1998) and wild ruminants (Yeruham et al, 1999;Khayatnouri et al, 2011). Ctenocephalides felis, C.canis and C. felis strongylus are frequently recognized in small ruminants (Yeruham et al, 1997;Jain, 1993;Fagbemi, 1982).…”

Case Report. Internal transcribed spacer sequence based molecular confirmation and drug efficacy assessment against Toxascaris leonina (Linstow, 1909) infection in Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica)

“…The lions showed high egg per gram values (1033.33 ± 251.66, 1433.33 ± 251.66 and 783.33 ± 175.59) for T. leonina eggs before the therapeutic interventions during the three treatment schedules, which was further reduced with appropriate anthelmintics used (fenbendazole and ivermectin). (Khayatnouri & Garedaghi, 2012). The reason could be attributed to the fact that actual body weight of dogs could easily be assessed for preparing the total dosage of anthelmintic, whereas it could not be assessed accurately in case of wild animals.…”