The efficacy of cambendazole against cestode and nematode infestations in sheep and cattle
Horak, I.G.; Snijders, A.J.; Pienaar, I.
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 43(1): 101-106
1972
ISSN/ISBN: 1019-9128 PMID: 4680359 Document Number: 50651
Sheep and calves in South Africa, naturally infected with cestodes and nematodes, were treated orally with 20 or 25 mg cambendazole/kg body-weight. The sheep were slaughtered 7 to 14 days and calves 5 to 7 days after treatment and the alimentary canal examined. In sheep, cambendazole was highly effective against Moniezia expansa and 4th-stage larvae and adults of Haemonchus contortus, Ostertagia circumcincta, Trichostrongylus colubriformis and Nematodirus spathiger. It had no effect on Stilesia hepatica or Cysticercus tenuicollis. In cattle, it was effective against Moniezia spp. and highly effective against adult H. placei, Cooperia spp., Trichostrongylus spp. and Oesophagostomum radiatum.