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- Title
Ivermectin treatment failure on four Irish dairy farms.
- Authors
O’Shaughnessy, James; Drought, Yvonne; Lynch, John; Denny, Marian; Hurley, Christine; Byrne, William; Casey, Mícheál; de Waal, Theo; Sheehan, Maresa
- Abstract
We report on the use of the faecal egg count reduction test to evaluate the performance of ivermectin in treating gastrointestinal nematode infections in first grazing season (FGS) calves on four dairy farms in Co. Kilkenny, Ireland. On each farm, FGS calves were injected subcutaneously with ivermectin in accordance with their live weight (day 0). Calves were individually faecal sampled on both day 0 and day 14. Faecal egg counts were determined using the Mini-FLOTAC technique. Composite faecal cultures for each farm were performed on each sampling occasion. The faecal egg count reductions (mode) ranged from 17.3–80.2% with the lower 95% confidence limit ranging from 3.1–72.3% on the four farms, respectively. Ivermectin-resistant nematodes were detected on all farms, with evidence of Ostertagia resistance on one farm. This study highlights the urgent need for Irish producers to reappraise their parasite control practices.
- Subjects
IRELAND; DAIRY farms; IVERMECTIN; CONFIDENCE intervals; NEMATODE infections; CALVES; NEMATODES; TREATMENT failure
- Publication
Veterinary Ireland Journal, 2020, Vol 10, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
2009-3942
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13620-019-0142-8