Treatment of Taenia hydatigena infections in dogs with bunamidine hydroxynaphthoate incorporated in food

Authors: Gemmell MA, Oudemans G
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 23, Issue 7, pp 142-144, Jul 1975
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Companion animal, Dog
Subject Terms: Alimentary system/gastroenterology, Animal remedies/veterinary medicines, Anthelmintics, Parasite control, Parasites - internal, Cestode, Notifiable organisms/exotic disease, Zoonosis, Treatment/therapy, Public health, Infectious disease
Article class: Scientific Article

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Abstract: Theoretically, the life-cycle of the sheep metacestodes with their strobilate phase in dogs permits combinations of at least three methods of control. These are the prevention of dogs gaining access to larval cestodes, the chemical elimination of the strobilate and or the larval stage in the appropiate hosts, and the immunization of either the definitive or intermediate hosts or both. The first approach using arecoline hydrobromide primarily as a diagnostic agent has reduced the prevalence of Echinococcus granulosus (Gemmell, 1968). However, it did not markedly reduce the prevalence rate of Taenia hydatigena and may have been indirectly associated with an increase in that of Taenia ovis. Theoretically, regular anthelmintic treatment of dogs should be effective provided they are always undertaken within the prepatent period of each species and that all tapeworms are eliminated on each occassion. The practical problem is that sometimes an infected dog is unavailable for treatment or that the treatment may be unsuccessful…

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