<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Gastrointestinal parasitic nematodes in sheep cause severe economic losses. Anthelmintics are the most commonly used drugs for prophylaxis and therapy against parasitic helminths. The problem of drug resistance has developed for all commercially available anthelmintics in several genera and classes of helminths. <italic>In vitro</italic> and <italic>in vivo</italic> tests are used to detect anthelmintic resistance. Two <italic>in vitro</italic> methods (larval migration inhibition test and micromotility test) for the detection of ivermectin (IVM) resistance were compared using IVM-resistant and IVM-susceptible isolates of <italic>Haemonchus contortus</italic>. The degree of resistance for each test was expressed as a resistance factor (RF). The micromotility test was more sensitive for quantitatively measuring the degree of resistance between susceptible and resistant isolates. The RFs for this test for IVM and eprinomectin ranged from 1.00 to 108.05 and from 3.87 to 32.32, respectively.</p></abstract>

Gastrointestinal parasitic nematodes in sheep cause severe economic losses. Anthelmintics are the most commonly used drugs for prophylaxis and therapy against parasitic helminths. The problem of drug resistance has developed for all commercially available anthelmintics in several genera and classes of helminths. In vitro and in vivo tests are used to detect anthelmintic resistance. Two in vitro methods (larval migration inhibition test and micromotility test) for the detection of ivermectin (IVM) resistance were compared using IVM-resistant and IVM-susceptible isolates of Haemonchus contortus. The degree of resistance for each test was expressed as a resistance factor (RF). The micromotility test was more sensitive for quantitatively measuring the degree of resistance between susceptible and resistant isolates. The RFs for this test for IVM and eprinomectin ranged from 1.00 to 108.05 and from 3.87 to 32.32, respectively.

Comparison of two <italic>in vitro</italic> methods for the detection of ivermectin resistance in <italic>Haemonchus contortus</italic> in sheep

Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Hlinkova 3, 040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic

Helminthologia

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Comparison of two  methods for the detection of ivermectin resistance in  in sheep

Gastrointestinal parasitic nematodes in sheep cause severe economic losses. Anthelmintics are the most commonly used drugs for prophylaxis and therapy against...

Comparison of two in vitro methods for the detection of ivermectin resistance in Haemonchus contortus in sheep

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Apr 22, 2016

Page range: 120 - 125

Received: Sep 10, 2014

Accepted: Dec 10, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2015-0002

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