INVESTIGATIONS ON THE EFFICACY OF IVERMECTINE FOR ECTOPARASITES AND NEMATODES IN CHICKENS 1- Testing for drug safety to chickens | ||
Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal | ||
Article 28, Volume 17.1, Issue 33, May 1986, Pages 222-228 PDF (1.17 M) | ||
Document Type: Research article | ||
DOI: 10.21608/avmj.1986.190010 | ||
Authors | ||
S. MOUSA; N. GAD; I SOKKAR; M. ABDEL RAHEEM | ||
Abstract | ||
Doses of 100 ug up to 15 mg ivermectine/kg b.w. were given to groups of chicken and prooved to be non toxic and caused no abnor mal signs of mortality. The pharmacological evaluation revealed a non significant changes in the physiological functions of different systems in rats and mice. Doses of 200, 400X800 ug/kg b.w. had no effect on egg production, the quality of eggs remained unchanged externally and internally. The drug had no deleterious effect on fertili ty and hatchability rates. | ||
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