Helminth control in kennels: is the combination of milbemycin oxime and praziquantel a right choice?

Parasites & Vectors

Table 5 Kennel 3: Geometric mean (GM), range and percentage reduction of faecal egg counts (epg) of nematode parasites in the 3 treatment groups

Treatment	Hookworms				*Toxocara canis*				*Trichuris vulpis*
Group	Hookworms				*Toxocara canis*				*Trichuris vulpis*
	Day 0	Day 7	Day 14	Day 21	Day 0	Day 7	Day 14	Day 21	Day 0	Day 7	Day 14	Day 21
T1 (GM epg)	108.7	0	0	0	142.7	0	0	0	142.1	0	0	0
Range (epg)	2-674	0	0	0	20-682	0	0	0	28-242	0	0	0
*% reduction*	-	*100*	*100*	*100*	-	*100*	*100*	*100*	-	*100*	*100*	*100*
T2 (GM epg)	123.4	0	0	0	156.2	0	0	0	121.7	5.4	4.1	0
Range (epg)	2-428	0	0	0	2-624	0	0	0	2-530	0-30	0-10	0
*% reduction*	-	*100*	*100*	*100*	-	*100*	*100*	*100*	-	*95.6*	*96.6*	*100*
T3 (GM epg)	99.7	0	0	0	163.7	6.1	0	0	132.0	6.5	5.6	0
Range (epg)	42-282	0	0	0	18-954	2-24	0	0	2-629	0-56	0-30	0
*% reduction*	-	*100*	*100*	*100*	-	*96.3*	*100*	*100*	-	*95.1*	*95.7*	*100*

T1 = Group treated with Milbemax® (Novartis Animal Health, Inc.); T2 = Group treated with Drontal Plus Flavour® (Bayer); T3 = Group treated with Nemex® POP (Zoetis).

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