1Department of Veterinary Medicine.
Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Dr. G.C. Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur, India
Online published on 9 April, 2012.
The anticoccidial efficacy of two drugs sulphadimidine and amprolium was evaluated in the Chegu goats naturally infected with coccidosis. The animals were randomly divided into three groups each consisting of six goats. The goats of groups I and II were given sulphadimidine @ 100mg/kg body weight bd for 3 days per os and amprolium @ 100 mg/kg body weight for 3 days per os, respectively, whereas animals of group III were kept as untreated control. The oocysts per gram of faeces (OPG) were recorded in animals of all the groups before treatment (day 0) and on days 7, 14 and 21 post-treatment. The percent reduction in OPG of faeces in group I and Group II was found to be 93.44 % and 76.92% on day 7 post-medication respectively, whereas 98.36% and 92.31% on day 21 post medication in animals of groups I and II, respectively.
Amprolium, Sulphadimidine, Coccidosis, Chegu goat, Efficacy
