In vivo study | Oxibendazole treatment significantly reduced the specific gravity of positive foals. Oxibendazole significantly reduced the proportion of positive foals in 7/6 farms (86%). In horses, Oxibendazole reduced the number of round worm eggs per gram (EPG), but the reduction was only 82%, with an 89% upper confidence limit. In adult Ascaris suum, Oxibendazole causes collapse of the labial papilla, oral cuticle, pharyngeal prolapse, erosive degeneration of epithelial cells and microvilli, changes that may impair digestion and absorption of nutrients, and cause cell autolysis, leading to the death of the worm. In dogs and cats, Oxibendazole reduced fecal worm egg count (EPG) by 97.6 percent for Toxocara canis, 95.7 percent for Trichuris vulpis, 94.6 percent for Ancylostoma caninum, and 100 percent for Toxascaris leonine. In horses, Oxibendazole can only be detected in plasma 0.5 and 1.0 hours after administration, with a mean maximum plasma concentration of 0.008 mg/ml. Oxibendazole was detected in feces between 12 and 72 hours after dosing, with the highest dry fecal concentration detected at 24 hours. |