Anticestodal, Antitrematodal, and Antiprotozoal Drugs

Question 1

Praziqiantel: name brand, spectrum, species, administration

Answer 1

Droncit - SA

All tapeworms, SA flukes

All domestic species and some exotic species

PO

Injectable

Question 2

Epsiprantel: name brand, spectrum, species

Answer 2

Cestex

Most tapeworms - not against Echinococcus (zoonotic, looks like Taenia)

Dogs and cats

Question 3

Monensin: type, spectrum, species, uses (2)

Answer 3

Ionophore

Eimeria spp (LA coccidia)

Cattle

Increase feed efficiency

Control coccidia

Question 4

Lasalocid: type, spectrum, species, uses (2)

Answer 4

Ionophore

Eimeria spp (LA coccidia)

Cattle

Increase feed efficiency

Control coccidia

Question 5

Clindamycin: spectrum

Answer 5

Antibiotic that covers Toxoplasma gondii

Question 6

Ponazuril: spectrum

Answer 6

Multiple protozoa

Question 7

Pyrimethamine: spectrum

Answer 7

Multiple protozoa