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Drenching Merino hoggets, Walcha, NSW U.S. soldiers treating animals with de-worming medication in Eswatini during VETCAP. Deworming (sometimes known as worming, drenching or dehelmintization) is the giving of an anthelmintic drug (a wormer, dewormer, or drench) to a human or animals to rid them of helminths parasites, such as roundworm, flukes and tapeworm.
Anthelmintic medication is also used in mass deworming campaigns of school-aged children in many developing countries. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Anthelmintics are also used for mass deworming of livestock. The drugs of choice for soil-transmitted helminths are mebendazole and albendazole ; [ 4 ] for schistosomiasis and tapeworms it is praziquantel .
Resistance to drenching chemicals occurs due to over-drenching, under-dosing, long-acting treatments, low worm population treatment and consistent use of the same drench. Causing drench resistance is a common occurrence on smaller isolated communities and is an issue for agricultural industries that relies on clean cattle to trade.
Video:Doctor warns against using animal deworming drug to treat COVID-19 The cause of pinworms is often “suboptimal hygiene,” such as when someone eats something without washing their hands.
Worming may refer to: Deworming, the giving of an anthelmintic drug to a human or animal to rid them of internal parasites, including helminths; Oculolinctus, eyeball licking; Worm, parcel and serve, the act of applying protection to standing rigging on a boat
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The Carter Foundation begins a campaign to eradicate Guinea worm. The incidence of guinea worm infection declines sharply, from an estimated 3.5 million cases in 1986 to 22 reported cases in 2015. [9] Dracunculiasis 1997: The World Health Organization declares South Korea "essentially worm-free". [6] Soil-transmitted helminthiasis: South Korea 2001
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