Reduction of the abortion rate due to Toxoplasma in 3 goat herds following administration of sulfadimidine.

Can Vet J

Clinic of Farm Animals (Giadinis, Ioannidou, Brozos, Karatzias), Laboratory of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Petridou), and Laboratory of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases (Papadopoulos), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece; Department of Animal Pathology and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 3030, Irbid, Jordan (Lafi, Terpsidis); Private Veterinarian, Asprovalta, Thessaloniki, Greece (Karanikolas).

Published: November 2013

The efficacy of sulfadimidine (4 doses of 33 mg/kg body weight, IM, q48h) against Toxoplasma abortion was assessed in 3 dairy goat herds suffering from Toxoplasma abortions during the 4th month of gestation. This protocol was very effective for the control of Toxoplasma abortions (P < 0.01).

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3801287PMC

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