Control of some internal parasites of chinchillas.

Abstract

An unidentified coccidia was found in chinchillas. Treatment with sulfamethazine apparently eradicated the infection from several herds. Ostertagia females and 1 Trichostrongylus colubriformis male were also found in chinchillas, causing emaciation. A dose of thiabendazole of 100 mg./kg. of body weight was effective against the roundworms, but it was toxic. A dose of trichlorphon, 100 mg./kg. of body weight, was effective and safe. Hymenolepis infection caused emaciation and death. Treatment with doses of niclosamide, 200 mg./kg. of body weight, was successful in removing tapeworms, ending deaths, and improving the condition of the host. It did not eradicate the infection.

• Authors: S Stampa, N K Hobson
• Journal: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (J Am Vet Med Assoc) Vol. 149 Issue 7 Pg. 929-32 (Oct 01 1966) ISSN: 0003-1488 [Print] United States
• PMID: 22413205 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anthelmintics
• Coccidiostats
• Sulfamethazine

Topics

• Animals
• Anthelmintics (administration & dosage, adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Chinchilla
• Coccidiosis (drug therapy, veterinary)
• Coccidiostats (therapeutic use)
• Female
• Hymenolepiasis (drug therapy, veterinary)
• Male
• Ostertagiasis (drug therapy, veterinary)
• Sulfamethazine (therapeutic use)
• Trichostrongyloidiasis (drug therapy, veterinary)