Single and synergistic effects of fenbendazole and metronidazole against subclinical infection by giardia duodenalis in non-human primates in a zoological garden in southern italy

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Giardia lamblia, Giardia intestinalis) is a ubiquitous enteric flagellated protozoan of global importance that infects a wide range of hosts, i.e., >40 animal species, such as humans. Six cages (CG) out of 11 (N=23 animals) resulted positive for Giardia cysts. All the animals (Cercopithecus mona) from CG2 were the only animals that remained positive for Giardia, until the end of the study, after two treatments of 5 days each with Fenb and Metro. The authors cannot rule out reinfection, due to the prepatent period of Giardia, that can be as short as . . .

 



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