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Number of reindeer calves, and weight, health and parasitological parameters assessed during slaughter after ivermectin or deltamethrin treatment during ear marking in midsummer. |
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| Group n (male/female) |
Ivermectin 109 (63/46) |
Deltamethrin 108 (60/48) |
Control 115 (64/51) |
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| Weight during treatment mean, SD |
19,3 kg, 4.6 |
20.8 kg, 3.8 |
21 kg, 3.7 |
| Carcass weight at slaughter mean, SD |
23,4 kg, 3.2 |
23.8 kg, 2.7 |
23.7 kg, 3.0 |
| Weight gain mean, SD |
27.6 kg, 5.7 |
26.6 kg, 4.8 |
26.5 kg, 5.4 |
| Daily weight gain mean, SD |
194 g, 0.6 |
185 g, 0.5 |
185 g, 0.5 |
| Fat layer mean, SD |
4.7 mm, 4.9 |
4.1 mm, 3.2 |
3.7 mm, 4.2 |
| Peritonitis (degree 2–3) |
8% |
20% |
16% |
| Perihepatitis (degree 1–3) |
48%1 |
66% |
64% |
| S. tundra in abdomen |
69% |
69% |
71% |
| Smf in blood |
23% |
22% |
25% |
| Nematodirus spp. prev.% mean epg in infected, (SD) |
18% 43, (34) |
20% 39, (25) |
16% 46, (32) |
| Trichostrogylidae spp. prev % mean epg in infected, (SD) |
49%, 79, (101) |
61% 74, (69) |
61% 83, (108) |
| Moniezia sp. prev.% mean epg in infected, (SD) |
16% 872, (1144) |
16% 552, (883) |
18% 989, (1295) |
| Capillaria sp. prev.% mean epg in infected, (SD) |
10% 38, (31) |
9% 47, (35) |
8% 28, (10) |
| Eimeria spp. prev.% mean epg in infected, (SD) |
54% 17502, (12237) |
45% 553, (1192) |
48% 732, (1202) |
| Hypoderma tarandi prev.% (mean in infected) |
9% 3.3 |
6% 2.3 |
9% 2 |
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1 Significantly different (p = 0.018) from control group | |||
Laaksonen et al. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:49 doi:10.1186/1751-0147-50-49 |
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