EXPERIENCE OF SANITATION OF LIVESTOCK FARMS WITH PARASITOSIS

Abstract

Parasitic diseases cause significant damage to livestock affecting the productivity and clinical condition of sheep and goats. The purpose of our research was to provide a comprehensive diagnosis of endoparasites in ruminants kept on a private livestock farm in the Moscow Region, and to develop and propose a scheme of therapeutic and preventive measures. Fifty five fecal samples were studied: 19 samples from cows (4 from calves, 15 from adults), 24 from goats (10 from goatlings, 14 from adults), 12 from sheep (all age groups were kept together). Fecal samples were taken individually from the cows and goats, and by a group method from the sheep. The samples were examined on the sampling day by the flotation method. The therapy was carried out on a group of goatlings with intense Eimeria spp. infection using toltrazuril at a dose of 15 mg/kg once daily for 3 consecutive days. The adult sheep and goats were given a combined preparation with praziquantel 15 mg and ivermectin 3 mg per 10 kg of animal weight, as a single dose. Fourteen days after helminth therapy, toltrazuril was prescribed at a dose of 15 mg/kg once a day for 2 consecutive days. Toltrazuril was administered individually, and the anthelmintic was chosen in the form of a suspension - it was given to the goats individually, and to the sheep by a group method in food. Fecal samples from the goatlings were examined on day 7 after the anticoccidial drug, and fecal samples from the adult animals were examined on day 14 after the anthelmintic therapy and on day 7 after the anticoccidial drug.