Qureshi T, Craig TM, Drawe DL & Davis DS
Efficacy of triclabendazole against fascioloidiasis (Fascioloides magna) in naturally infected white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).

J Wildl Dis, 25(3): 378-383, 1989
ISSN: 0090-3558 Journal of Wildlife Diseases (PubMed)

Abstract
The efficacy of triclabendazole was evaluated in the treatment of naturally acquired Fascioloides magna infections in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Twenty white-tailed deer were captured on the Welder Wildlife Refuge (Sinton, San Patricio County, Texas, USA) and maintained in a 64 × 64 m deer enclosure. Ten deer were given a 5% suspension of triclabendazole orally at a dosage of 10 mg/kg body weight and 10 deer were given a placebo. Three wk later the deer were euthanized and examined for parasites. At necropsy 19 deer were infected. All specimens of F. magna from the tissues of the triclabendazole treated deer were dead or severely affected by the drug as indicated by changes in their size, color, movement and texture relative to those from control deer. The drug was considered 100% effective against this parasite. Adverse reactions of the deer to the drug were not observed.