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Anthelmintic resistance in parasites is widespread; drug resistance exists in all livestock hosts and to all anthelmintic drug classes. [13] This is a major threat to the sustainability of modern ruminant livestock production, resulting in reduced productivity, compromised animal health and welfare, [ 12 ] and increased greenhouse gas emissions ...
Niclosamide. Niclosamide, sold under the brand name Niclocide among others, is an anthelmintic medication used to treat tapeworm infestations, including diphyllobothriasis, hymenolepiasis, and taeniasis. It is not effective against other worms such as flukes or roundworms. [ 2] It is taken by mouth.
Avermectin B1, a mixture of B1a and B1b, is the drug and pesticide abamectin. Other anthelmintics derived from the avermectins include ivermectin, selamectin, doramectin, eprinomectin . Half of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for discovering avermectin, [ 4] "the derivatives ...
Ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug. [7] After its discovery in 1975, [8] its first uses were in veterinary medicine to prevent and treat heartworm and acariasis. [9] Approved for human use in 1987, [10] it is used to treat infestations including head lice, scabies, river blindness (onchocerciasis), strongyloidiasis, trichuriasis, ascariasis and lymphatic filariasis.
Amaranthus caudatus (also known as Amaranthus edulis[ 2] and Amaranthus mantegazzianus[ 2]) is a species of annual flowering plant. It goes by common names such as love-lies-bleeding, [ 3] pendant amaranth, [ 4] tassel flower, [ 3] velvet flower, [ 3] foxtail amaranth, [ 3] and quelite. [citation needed] To the Quechua people of South America ...
Moxidectin is an anthelmintic drug used in animals to prevent or control parasitic worms ( helminths ), such as heartworm and intestinal worms, in dogs, cats, horses, cattle, sheep and wombats. [4] Moxidectin kills some of the most common internal and external parasites by selectively binding to a parasite's glutamate-gated chloride ion channels.
Viagra belongs to a class of drugs (medications that act similarly) called phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors. These medications work to stop the PDE5 enzyme, making it easier for blood to ...
Fenbendazole (also known as Fenben) is a broad spectrum benzimidazole anthelmintic used against gastrointestinal parasites including: giardia, roundworms, hookworms, whipworms, the tapeworm genus Taenia (but not effective against Dipylidium caninum, a common dog tapeworm), pinworms, aelurostrongylus, paragonimiasis, strongyles, and strongyloides that can be administered to sheep, cattle ...