Efficacy of an Injectable Toltrazuril - Gleptoferron (Forceris) to Control Coccidiosis () in Comparison with Iron Supplemented Piglets Without Anticoccidial Treatment

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Journal Vet Parasitol X

Date 2020 Sep 9

PMID 32904741

Citations 3

Authors

Lysanne Hiob

Ivette Holzhausen

Daniel Sperling

Gaelle Pagny

Laurianne Meppiel

Naomi Isaka

Arwid Daugschies

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Abstract

The efficacy and safety of an injectable combination product containing toltrazuril and gleptoferron (Forceris - CEVA) for the control of coccidiosis due to was investigated in neonatal piglets. The study was carried out on five European commercial pig farms in France, Germany and Spain and 122 litters consisting of 1508 piglets were selected and randomly allocated to one of two treatment groups. The first group received a single intramuscular injection per piglet of the test product, containing 45 mg toltrazuril and 200 mg iron and this was compared with a control group, which was administered a single intramuscular treatment of iron at 200 mg per piglet only. Body weights, faecal scores and oocysts counts, recorded as oocysts per gram of faeces, (OPG) were observed for 21 days. Only 1138 piglets were actually exposed to coccidiosis and data sets of these animals were selected for statistical analysis. The efficacy of the test product in the control of coccidiosis was shown in higher body weight gains, a lower percentage of animals with diarrhoea, fewer samples with positive oocysts counts as well as a lower excretion peak and a reduced area under the curve of OPG from study day (SD) 4 - SD 21. The combination product of toltrazuril and gleptoferron provided an effective alternative approach to current conventional separate treatment for the prevention of iron deficiency anaemia and coccidiosis in neonatal piglets. It reduced the numbers of potentially stressful interventions and work time.

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