Therapeutic and Persistent Efficacy of Long Acting Ivermectin against Tick Infestation in Cattle Ghoke S.S.1,*, Singh Vikas Kumar2, Raghuvaran R.3, Thorat K.S.4 Department of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University (MAFSU), Udgir-413517 Dist: Latur (Maharashtra) 1Assistant Professor and Ph. D. Scholar, Division of Medicine, IVRI, Izatnagar 2Assistant Commandant, SSB 3Scientist, Division of Medicine, IVRI, Izatnagar 4Post Graduate Scholar, Animal Reproduction *Corresponding author. E-mail: sureshghoke2577@gmail.com
Online published on 20 November, 2017. Abstract Strategic and systemic use of biocide is a requirement to mitigate the problem of resistance along with decrease frequency of treatment. Therapeutic and persistent efficacy of single subcutaneous injection of long acting Ivermectin at a concentration of 630 μg/kg b.wt. (1ml/50 kg b.wt.) was able to eliminate 88.11%, 96.12% and 99.89% of tick infestation on 3rd, 7th and 28th post treatment days, respectively while the persistent efficacy lasted for 65 days. Top Keywords Acaricide, efficacy, ivermectin, long acting, Rhipicephalus microplus. Top |