›› 2007, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (8): 78-81.

• 疾病防治 • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Investigation and Treatment of Siberian Tigers and African Lions Ascariasis in Zhengzhou Zoo

JIAN Fuchun1, ZHU Jinxin1, ZHAO Jinfeng1, LI Tongyi2, LI Dezhong2,ZHONG Longxian1, NING Changshen1   

  1. 1.Henan Agriculture Univercity, Zhengzhou 450002, China; 2.Zhengzhou Zoo, Zhengzhou 450002， China
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2007-08-20 Published:2007-08-20

Abstract: The sheather’s sugar and the saturated brine flotation technique were used in this test. 7 Siberian tigers and 8 lions in Zhengzhou Zoo were surveyed on infection of ascariasis. The result indicated that the infection rate was 86.7%, the average EPG was 4880, and the highest was 12400. Albendazole tablets was used to treat the positive animal at 5-10 mg/kg.bw (feed in food) and continue 7 days, the eegs decreaased remarkably, the result showed the rat of infection descent from 86.7% to 38.5%, ascarid eggs slip was 100%,and couldn’t be detected EPG by MacMaster’s method, this shown that therapy effect was fine.

Key words: Siberian tiger; African lion; ascariasis; helminthicide