Investigations carried out in central Russia, showed the presence of paramphistome infection in 40 of 61 (65.6%) cattle in the Nizhegorod region, in 44 of 61 (72.1%) cattle in the Tver region and in 15 of 54 (27.8%) cattle in the Bryansk region, and in 10 of 87 (11.5%) sheep examined in the...

Ivomek [ivermectin] was tested in small scale field trials on young cattle with natural Thelazia gulosa infection in the Moscow region, Russia. A subcutaneous injection of 1 ml/50 kg bwt was 92 to 92.9% effective.

Clinical eimeriosis was, for the first time, recorded in calves on a farm in the Borovsk district, Kaluga region, Russia, in 1985. Further outbreaks were subsequently reported from 4 other districts of the region in calves aged 1 to 4 months. Eimeria zuernii, E. bovis, E. ellipsoidalis, E....

The epidemiology of P. skrjabini in the Russian Far East is discussed with reference to infections in cattle and the role of the intermediate host, the dung beetle Geotrupes stercorarius.

Of 6 anthelmintics tested against natural Onchocerca lienalis infections in groups of 7-10 cattle on farms in the Bryansk region, Russia, levamisole at 15 mg/kg bwt given twice and furazolidone at 25 mg/kg given twice were 51% effective against the microfilariae. Three doses of 50 mg/kg Panacur...

Musca autumnalis was found to be the intermediate host of Thelazia gulosa in cattle in the Moscow region, USSR. 2.7% of 110 flies examined in August 1982, 2.1% of 46 examined in June 1983 and 1.9% of 153 examined in July 1983 were infected. No infected flies were seen in August and September 1983.