Nitroimidazoles are a class of veterinary drugs used for the treatment and prevention of certain bacterial and protozoal diseases in poultry, swine dysentery and genital trichomoniasis in cattle. Since the safety assessment of nitroimidazoles showed them to be genotoxic, carcinogenic and mutagenic, ...

Risk-based surveillance systems reveal occurrence of disease or infection in a sample of population units, which are selected on the basis of risk factors for the condition under study. The purpose of such systems for supporting practical animal disease policy formulations and management decisions...

This section is comprised of abstracts of papers (n=11) and posters (n=9) presented at the Back to Basics Congress of the South African Association of Veterinary Technologists (SAAVT). Focus is given on different aspects (diagnosis, detection, prevalence, control, prevention, taxonomy and genetics) ...

Amprolium is licensed as a coccidiostat in animal feeds, alone or with ethopabate. The present European Communities method of detection in feeds and food is based on photometric detection of a colour complex formed with potassium hexacyanoferrate(III). Limit of detection is 40 mg/kg. A new method...

The striking results of the chemotherapeutic method of controlling parasites in equines has tended to overemphasize its value, with the result that too little attention is given to prophylaxis, particularly the importance of sanitation and treatment of manure. This report shows the great...