Types of Parasites Controlled by Fenbendazole
Veterinary care always has included treating and managing intestinal parasites. Advances in pharmaceutical technology have brought about new medications that provide a broader range of treatment against parasites. Fenbendazole is one of those medications. Fenbendazole is a member of a class of drugs called anthelmintics. Also known by its brands name Panacur and Safe-Guard and frequently abbreviated as FBZ, fenbendazole is used to treat various intestinal parasites in both large and small animals. The drug kills parasites regardless of their developmental stage, making it a highly effective treatment method.
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Affect on Pathogens
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Fenbenadazole treats infection by binding to tubulin proteins in the parasite, thereby blocking the protein from forming micro tubules within the cells of the parasite. This damages the integrity of the cells and interferes with the transport function. Fenbenadazole is safe for use in mammals due to its affinity for parasitic tubules rather than those of host animals.
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Dogs and Cats
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Fenbendazole is commonly used in dogs and less frequently in cats to treat infections, such as the ascarid roundworms Toxocara canis and Toxascaris leonina and the hook worms Ancylostoma caninum and Ancylostoma braziliense. The whipworm, Trichuris vulpis, which is often difficult to treat, can be eradicated using fenbendazole. The Taenia species of tapeworms can also be treated. However, the medication is ineffective against Dipylidium caninum, the common tapeworm. Fenbendazole can also be used to treat cases of Giardia, an intestinal protozoan; several species of lungworm; and even some parasitic flukes. It has also been used to treat Paragonimus kellicoti, Capillaria aerophilia and Filaroides hirthi infections.
Horses
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In horses and ponies, fenbendazole has been used for the treatment of large strongyles including Strongylus edentates, Strongylus equinus and Strongylus vulgaris, the small strongyles or Cyathostomum spp., Cylicocylus spp., Cylicostephanus spp., and Triodontaphorus spp., the pinworm Oxyuris equi and the ascarid Parascaris equorum.
Cattle
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Cattle can be treated with fenbenzadole for the barberpole worm Haemonchus placei, the small brown stomach worm Ostertagia spp., the black scour worm Trichostongylus spp., the nodule worm Oesophagostomum radiatum, the thin-necked intestinal worm nematodirus spp., the large lungworm Dictyocaulus viviparus and the hookworm Bunostomum phlebotomum. The drug can also aid in the control of the tapeworm Moniezia ssp.
Sheep and Goats
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Sheep and goats can also be treated with fenbenzadole for the barberpole worm Haemonchus contortus, the small brown stomach worm Ostertagia spp., the black scour worm Trichostongylus spp., the large mouthed bowel worm Charbertia ovina, the dodule worm Oesophagostomum columbianum, the thin-necked intestinal worm Cooperia spp. and the large lungworm Dictyocaulus filaria. The drug can also aid in the control of the tapeworm Moniezia expansa and the whipworm Trichuris ovis.
Swine
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In swine, the medication can treat the lungworm Metastrongylus apri, large roundworms such as Ascaris suum, the nodular worms Oesphagostomum dentatum and O. quadrispinulatum, the whipworm Trichuris suis, the kidney worm Stephanuris dentatus, and the small stomach worm Hyostrongylus rubidus.
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