Use of oxfendazole to control porcine cysticercosis in a high-endemic area of Mozambique
Plos negl. trop. dis; 6 (5), 2012
A randomized controlled field trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a single oral dose of 30 mg/kg of oxfendazole (OFZ) treatment for control of porcine cysticercosis was conducted in 4 rural villages of Angónia district, north-western Mozambique. Two hundred and sixteen piglets aged 4 months were sele...
Administration, Oral, Anthelmintics/administration & dosage, Benzimidazoles/administration & dosage, Cysticercosis/drug therapy, Cysticercosis/veterinary, Cysticercosis/epidemiology, Endemic Diseases, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Taenia solium, Swine Diseases/drug therapy, Swine Diseases/parasitology, Swine Diseases/epidemiology, Swine, Mozambique/epidemiology, Taenia solium/isolation & purification