Thelazia rhodesi in a dairy farm in Romania and successful treatment using eprinomectin.
Eprinomectin
Romania
Thelazia rhodesi
Treatment
Journal
Parasitology international
ISSN: 1873-0329
Titre abrégé: Parasitol Int
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 9708549
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2021
Feb 2021
Historique:
received:
30
06
2020
revised:
27
07
2020
accepted:
27
07
2020
pubmed:
7
9
2020
medline:
22
6
2021
entrez:
6
9
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Bovine thelaziosis can be caused by Thelazia rhodesi Desmarest 1828, Thelazia gulosa Railliet & Henry 1910 and Thelazia skrjabini Erschow 1928 which are known to be transmitted by species of Muscidae. Therapeutic measures in cattle include mechanical removal of the adult parasites, followed by irrigation of the conjunctival sac with different solutions such as levamisole (1%) or administration of ivermectin (0.2 mg/kg SC), doramectin (0.2 mg/kg SC or pour-on) both with high efficacy, however, the use of such macrocyclic lactones can be problematic in lactating cattle. Nematodes harboured in the eyes of some cattle from Romania were morphologically identified as Thelazia rhodesi and the PCR analysis confirmed the diagnosis with a 98.0% nucleotide similarity for ITS1 sequence, with other sequences available in GenBank. The present paper reports the presence of T. rhodesi in cattle from a dairy farm in Romania and the recovery after treatment with eprinomectin. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report on the efficacy of eprinomectin against Thelazia spp. and the first molecular confirmation of T. rhodesi in Romania.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32891881
pii: S1383-5769(20)30133-1
doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2020.102183
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Anthelmintics
0
Ivermectin
70288-86-7
eprinomectin
75KP30FD8O
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
102183Informations de copyright
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