Two years after the mass drug administration (MDA) campaign, scabies prevalence remained much lower than at baseline, with clinical scabies diagnosed in 15.2% of the usual care group, 13.5% of the permethrin group, and just 3.6% of the
ivermectin group.
HPLC determination of residual
ivermectin in cattle dung following subcutaneous injection.
The good news is that toxicity in breeds that don't have the genetic predisposition to being affected by
ivermectin in low doses is very rare, although I am sure that it remains something that all dog owners would wish to discourage.
The study proposes high doses of
Ivermectin should be added to an antimalarial so as to kill both the mosquito and the parasite that causes malaria.
Treatment of hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans with topical
ivermectin. J Dermatolog Treat.
Subsequently, all falcons were dewormed subcutaneously with
ivermectin (2 mg/ kg).
A single dose of Oxfendazole was administered @ 4.5 mg/kg body weight, Levamisole was given @ 7.5 mg/kg bodyweight orally and
Ivermectin was injected @ 0.2 mg/kg body weight by subcutaneous route.
Among these, Deltamethrin,
Ivermectin, Cypermethrin, Fipronil, Trichlorfon and Dichlorvos are commonly used.
Ivermectin results in more people cured than albendazole and is at least as well tolerated.
Ivermectin is the drug of choice and a single dose therapy is sufficient for asymptomatic patients.
The research, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, delivered the anti-parasitic and anti-malaria drug
ivermectin to hundreds of pigs and dogs via a capsule that temporarily expands in the stomach so it cannot be passed to the intestines until the drug contents are gone.