Comment on anthelmintic use in goats and the effect of route of administration |
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| Authors: | PB McKenna |
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| Institution: | Batchelar Animal Health Laboratory , P.O. Box 536, Palmerston North, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Extract In a recent publication in this journal(1) Bailey, KM. 1994. Anthelmintic use in goats and the effect of route of administration. New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 42: 37–8. Taylor &; Francis Online], Web of Science ®] , Google Scholar], administration of oral and injectable moxidectin (Vetdectin, Cyanamid N.Z. Ltd) to goats was found to result in faecal egg count reductions of 0% and 84% respectively, in infections that were predominantly composed of Ostertugia spp. The author considered that these results raised issues pertaining to the relative effectiveness of different routes of anthelmintic administration in goats and further suggested, as the animals were suffering from “water belly” at the time of treatment, that the occurrence of this syndrome may also have affected the pharmacodynamics of the anthelmintic. |
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