Anthelmintic resistance to cattle gastrointestinal nematodes in selected dairy farms of Mymensingh and Sirajganj districts of Bangladesh

Authors

  • TM Mahibur Rahman Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202
  • Anita Rani Dey Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202
  • Saiful Islam Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202
  • Md Shahadat Hossain Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202
  • Md Hasanuzzaman Talukder Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202
  • Mohammad Zahangir Alam Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/ralf.v5i1.36556

Keywords:

Anthelmintic resistance, Albendazole, Ivermectin, Cattle

Abstract

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Anthelmintic resistance (AR) to commonly used dewormers is one of the major world-wide constrain in livestock production. The present study was investigated the status of AR in BAU dairy farm, Mymensingh and Talukder dairy farm, Sirajganj. Faecal egg count reduction test (FECRT) was applied to assess AR in cattle of two dairy farms during January to June 2017. The anthelmintics tested were Albendazole (ABZ), a benzimidazole anthelmintic (Almex®, Square Ltd.) and Ivermectin (IVM) (Vermic®, Techno drugs Ltd.), administered at the doses recommended by the manufacturers. In each farm, cattle were divided into treatment and control (not treated) group based on faecal egg counts (FEC), that is at least 200 eggs/g. At 14 days after treatment, faecal samples were collected for post-treatment FEC, which is compared between treatment and control group. Resistance was defined if there was <95% reduction, with lower 95% confidence limit (CL) <90% in the FEC. AR was present in both the dairy farms involved in this study. The FECRT using ABZ revealed 79.7% (95% CL 87.9, 65.8) reduction and 95.8% (95% CL 98.7, 87.1) reduction of FEC in BAU and Talukder dairy farms, respectively. Also, FECRT using IVM revealed 77.9% (95% CL 97.7, 85.5) and 94.2% (95% CL 97.7, 85.5) reduction of FEC in BAU and Talukder dairy farms, respectively. Our study suggest that AR is present in both selected dairy farms and further extensive studies are required to determine the extent of AR in different cattle farms of Bangladesh.

Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.5(1): 87-92, April 2018

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2018-05-03

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Rahman, T. M., Dey, A. R., Islam, S., Hossain, M. S., Talukder, M. H., & Alam, M. Z. (2018). Anthelmintic resistance to cattle gastrointestinal nematodes in selected dairy farms of Mymensingh and Sirajganj districts of Bangladesh. Research in Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries, 5(1), 87–92. https://doi.org/10.3329/ralf.v5i1.36556

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2018)

Section

Livestock

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