Comparing Therapeutic Efficacy between Ivermectin, Selamectin, and Moxidectin in Canaries during Natural Infection withDermanyssus gallinae

Todisco, Gianluca, Paoletti, Barbara, Giammarino, Angelo, Manera, Maurizio, Sparagano, Olivier, Iorio, Raffaella, Giannella, Benedetta and Robbe, Domenico (2008) Comparing Therapeutic Efficacy between Ivermectin, Selamectin, and Moxidectin in Canaries during Natural Infection withDermanyssus gallinae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1149 (1). pp. 365-367. ISSN 0077-8923

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of three spot-on drugs on canaries during Dermanyssus gallinae natural infections and during the breeding season. Three groups of canary couples (seven couples each) were included: group A was treated with ivermectin, B with selamectin, and C with moxidectin. All the drugs were administered topically infrascapularly. The parasitic charge was estimated before the treatment (t0) and after 8 (t1), 16 (t2), 24 (t3), and 32 (t4) days following the initial treatment. No significant differences were detected among the three tested drugs for the five repeats for each of the four mite stages (egg, larva, nymphs, and fed and unfed adults). With regard to the decrease in the mean numbers of red mites, ivermectin and selamectin exerted their efficacy at t2, contrary to moxidectin at t3.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Dermanyssus gallinae, ivermectin, selamectin, moxidectin, therapeutic efficacy
Subjects:	C100 Biology C500 Microbiology C700 Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biochemistry
Department:	Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Applied Sciences
Depositing User:	Ellen Cole
Date Deposited:	12 Jan 2012 15:20
Last Modified:	12 Oct 2019 17:31
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/4540

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