Summary
The ability of imidocarb dipropionate to cure and sterilise experimental syringe passaged infections of Kenyan strains ofAnaplasma marginale andBabesia bigemina in cattle was investigated. Splenectomised calves with rising parasitaemias ofB. bigemina were rapidly cured by the subcutaneous injection of imidocarb at 1 mg/kg and heifers were sterilised of low infections ofB. bigemina by doses of imidocarb down to 0·5 mg/kg.
Heifers with rising parasitaemias ofA. marginale were rapidly cured by the subcutaneous injection of 3 mg/kg of imidocarb dipropionate but two doses of 6 mg/kg imidocarb dipropionate, with a 2-week interval between doses, failed to sterilise the infections of heifers known to be carryingA. marginale.
Résumé
Le pouvoir curatif et stérilisant du dipropionate d'Imidocarbe dans les infections expérimentales par passages à la seringue des souches kényanes d'Anaplasma marginale etBabesia bigemina a été évalué. Des veaux splénectomisés en parasitémie ascendante àB. bigemina ont été rapidement guéris par injection sous-cutanée d'imidocarbe à 1 mg/kg et des génisses faiblement parasitées ont été débarrassées deB. bigemina par des doses d'imidocarbe jusqu'à 0,5 mg/kg.
Des génisses en parasitémie ascendante àA. marginale ont été rapidement guéries par l'injection sous-cutanée de 3 mg/kg de dipropionate d'imidocarbe, mais deux doses de 6 mg/kg administrées à deux semaines d'intervalle n'ont pas réussi à stériliser les infections des génisses connues comme porteuses d'A. marginale.
Sumario
La abilidad del imidocarb dipropionate de curar y esterilizar infecciones experimentales con cepas de Kenya deAnaplasma marginale yBabesia bigemina en bovinos ha sido investigada. Terneros esplenectomizados y con parasitemias elevadas deB. bigemina fueron rapidamente curados mediante la inyeccion subcutanea de imidocarb a 1 mg/kg, y terneras fueron esterilizadas de infecciones bajas deB. bigemina con dosis de imidocarb de 0,5 mg/kg. Terneras con parasitemias elevadas deA. marginale fueron rapidamente curadas por la inyeccion subcutanea de 3 mg/kg de imidocarb dipropionate pero dos dosis de 6 mg/kg, con dos semanas de intervalo entre las dosis fueron inefectivas en esterilizar las infecciones de las terneras conocidas portadoras deA. marginale.
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McHardy, N., Simpson, R.M. Imidocarb dipropionate therapy in Kenyan anaplasmosis and babesiosis. Trop Anim Health Prod 6, 63–70 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02380540
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