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Trial reportThe Journal of veterinary medical science2015

Efficacy of levamisole alone and in combination with mebendazole against Gongylonema pulchrum infection in rabbits.

Noboru Kudo, Natsumi Ishikawa, Aki Yamane, Hiromi Ikadai, Takashi Oyamada

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Trial report in The Journal of veterinary medical science, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Noboru KudoDepartment of Veterinary Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan.
Natsumi Ishikawa
Aki Yamane
Hiromi Ikadai
Takashi Oyamada
Kitasato University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gongylonema pulchrum is an important parasite of captive primates. Twelve rabbits were infected with 30 third-stage larvae of G. pulchrum. At 4-7 months post-infection, animals were administered levamisole at a single dose of 12 mg/kg, levamisole at 8 mg/kg three times at 2-day intervals, levamisole at a single dose of 8 mg/kg after administration of mebendazole at 70 mg/kg for 3 days or 8 ml of distilled water for 3 days (control). Necropsy at 14 days after treatment revealed that single and multiple dosages of levamisole reduced nematode burdens by 68.4% and 89.5%, respectively. The combined regimen of mebendazole and levamisole exhibited high efficacy for treating G. pulchrum located widely within the upper digestive tract, with a reduction of 98.2%. These results suggest that this combined chemotherapy treatment may be effective against G. pulchrum infection, including buccal and lingual gongylonemiasis in primates.

Indexed as

RabbitsSpiruroideaAnimalsAntinematodal AgentsDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug Administration ScheduleDrug Therapy, CombinationLevamisoleMebendazoleSpirurida InfectionsAntinematodal AgentsLevamisoleMebendazole

Identifiers

PMID25298240
PMCPMC4349548
OpenAlexW2008985673

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