The document discusses various anthelmintic drugs used to treat helminth infections in animals. It provides details on the mechanisms of action, pharmacokinetics, clinical uses, adverse effects and contraindications of commonly used anthelmintics including albendazole, mebendazole, thiabendazole, pyrantel pamoate, piperazine, niclosamide, diethylcarbamazine, ivermectin, and bithionol. These drugs act by paralyzing or killing intestinal worms and parasites through various mechanisms such as inhibiting microtubule synthesis, interfering with metabolism, or increasing chloride influx in parasites.

1. Presented by : M. Asim Shahzad Roll No. 19 ANTHELMINTICS USE IN ANIMALS

2. ANTHELMINTIC DRUGS Helminth Infections 1-Tapeworms ( cestodes) Beef tapeworm / fish tapeworm 2- Intestinal round worms ( nematodes) Ascaris, pinworm ,whipworm, strongyloides, ancylostoma ( hookworm ). A skin infection is termed cutaneous larva migrans Visceral larva migrans .

5. Ascaris lumbricoids ( common round worm)

6. filariasis

7. Hookworm

8. Pinworm male ,female

9. Tapeworm

10. whipworm

11. Dircrocoelium dendriticum

12. Fasiola hepatica

13. Tricuris tricura

14. Trichinela spiralis

15. elephantiasis

16. Hydateid cyct

17. cysticercosis

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