The incidence of dictyocauliasis in 9 districts of the Kura-Araksinsk lowlands in the Azerbaidzhan SSR is recorded. In all 4,338 animals were examined with the following infection rates: sheep 25.9%, buffalo 0.2% and cattle 2.2%.

The distribution of Dictyocaulus infection in cattle and sheep in 20 farms of the Apsheron-Kobystan zone of Azerbaidzhan was recorded. The highest rate (24%) was recorded on 2 sheep farms in the Zyriisk and Kobiisk area. The over-all rate of infection for the area was 8.7% for sheep (1,060...

Ditrazine citrate at 100 mg/kg body-weight given subcutaneously on 2 consecutive days was 95% and 93% effective against natural Dictyocaulus viviparus infection in respectively, calves and buffalo calves in Azerbaidzhan SSR. Ditrazine base (30 mg/kg twice) and Dictyfuge (15 mg/kg twice) were also...

This editorial article reviews experience of the long anthelmintic programmes in 1966-1970, giving a gjide for future programmes aimed at the eradication of helminthic infections of livestock during the five-year plan on 1971-1975. After preliminary economic justification, the article deals with...