Antiprotozoals Flashcards

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Nitroimidazole

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Metronidazole and tinidazole
Spectrum: Giardia
Strictly forbidden in food producing animals

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Nitroimidazole MOA

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Interacts with protozoal DNA and causes damage and strand breakage

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Metronidazole (flagyl)

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Eliminated giardia cyst shedding in cats
Tx infections by Giardia, entamoeba, balantidium, trichomoniasis in dogs
Side effect: neurotoxicosis

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Tinidazole

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Suppresses shedding of T. foetes in cats
Giardia in dogs

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Benzimidazoles

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Spectrum: Giardia
Drugs: albendazole, fenbendazole, febantel

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Benzimidazoles MOA

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Inhibits tubulin polymerization and fumarate reductase

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Benzimidazoles uses

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Tx of helminth in large and small animals (anthelminitcs)
Giardiasis in cats and dogs

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Albendazole uses

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Large animals: Broad spectrum against nematode and trematodes
Dogs: giardia cysts

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Albendazole toxicities

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BM depression, anorexia, depression, etc.
Should not be used in cats
Contraindicated in pregnant animals (teratogenic)

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Fenbendazole uses

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Giardia organisms in dogs, cats and cattle
Cats co-infected with cryptosporidium

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Febantel (Drontal-Plus) uses

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With pyrantel pamoate + praziquantel for intesinal nematodes and cestodes in dogs and cats
Tx Giardia in dogs and cats (safer)

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Parmomycin (aminoglycosides) uses

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Giardiasis, luminal ameobiasis, leishmaniassis, crytosporidiosis in dogs and cats
ELDU in cattle and goats for cryptosporidiosis

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Sulfonamides

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Sulfamethazine, sulfadimethoxine, sulfaquinoxaline
Used for coccidiosis (anticoccidials)

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Tx of coccidiosis

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Turkeys and chickens: Sulfamethazine
Cattle: sulfaquinoxaline
Dogs and cats: sulfadimethoxine

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15
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DHFR/ TS inhibitors

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Trimethoprim, ormetoprim, pyremethamine

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Trimethoprim

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Coccidiosis, toxoplasmosis, neosporosis, EPM, malaria
Adverse on BM (rescued by folinic acid)

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Ormetoprim uses

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Poultry, chicken, turkeys and dogs: combo with sulfadimethoxine for coccidiosis

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18
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Pyremethamine

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Dogs and cats: toxoplasmosis and K9 neosporosis
Horses: EPM with sulfadiazine

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Amprolium (thiamine analogues)

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Eimeria infections in chickens, turkeys, pheasants and calves
Coccidiosis in chickens, turkeys, pheasants, dogs, cats and cattle

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Amprolium MOA

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Competitive inhibition of active thiamine transport into the parasite
Freely soluble in water

21
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Side effects of amprolium

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High doses: thiamine deficiency
Dogs: neuro, depression, anorexia and diarrhea

22
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Robenidine (Guanidine derivative)

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Prevention of coccidiosis in chickens

23
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Pyrindinols (clopidol)

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Prevention of coccidiosis in chickens and turkeys
Prevention of Leucocytozoon smithi infection in turkeys

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Polyether ionophores

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Monesin, Lasalocid, Salinomycin, Semduramicin, Narasin, Maduramycin
Wide spread usage in poultry industry

25
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Polyether ionophores MOA

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Forms lipophilic complexes with alkali metal cations and transports them through cell membrane → swelling and rupture of sporozoites and merozoites

26
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Polyether ionophores uses

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Anticoccidiocidal
Premixes for prevention of coccidia in chickens
Lasalocid (turkeys, chickens, partridges, sheep, cattle, rabbits)
Monesin (quail, cattle and goats)

27
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__________ is very toxic in horses and can cause death

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Monensin

28
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Halofuginone (alkaloids)

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Prevention of coccidiosis in chickens and turkey
Curative against theleria in cattle

29
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Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis

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Caused by Sarcocystis neurona
Progressive neuro dz in equine
Horse aberrant or dead-end host to the parasite
Infected possum shed sporocysts

30
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Ponazuril (Marquis)

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Primary metabolite of Toltrazuril (Baycox)
Minimum side effects (blisters, skin rash, loose stool, mild colic)

31
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Ponazuril MOA

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Interferes with mitochondrial respiration and nuclear division of the schizont

32
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Ponazuril uses

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First drug approved for treating EPM
Coccidial tx

33
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Lincosamides

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Clindamycin and Lincomycin
For toxoplasmosis and neospora sp. in cats and dogs

34
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Azithromycin (Azalides)

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Activity against bacteria and mycoplasms
Cattle: cryptosporoidiosis
Dogs:Azithromycin and atovaquone against babesis gibsoni

35
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Imidocarb dipropoinate (diamidine derivative)

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Tx K9 babesiosis
Tx babesia in cattle and horses

36
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Diminazene diacenturate

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Babesia of cattle, horses and dogs
Tx cytauxzoon in cats

37
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Nitazoxanide (nitrothiazole derivative)

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EPM in horses
Spectrum: giardia, coccidia, cryptospridiosis, S. neurona

38
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Side effects of Nitazoxanide

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Don’t use in horses <1 yr old
Fatal enterocolitis for horses

39
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Arsenicals

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Spectrum: histomoniasis, coccidiosis
Nitarsone, MOA unclear

40
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Arsenicals uses

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Humans: Africa trypanosomiasis
Chickens and turkeys: Nitarsone for prevention of histomoniasis (dangerous in ducks, geese and dogs)

41
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Pentavalent Antimonials

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Leishmania sp.
Meglumine antimonate to tx K9 leishmaniasis

42
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Aminoquinolones

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Cloroquine
Tx avian malaria
Tx malaria in penguins (Plasmodium relictum)

43
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Tetracyclines

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Cattle: tx anaplasma marginale infections
Horses: chlortetracycline for babesia equi
Dogs: doxycycline for babesia canis

44
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Nitrofurtimox (nitrofurans)

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Tx human Trypansosomas cruzi and K9 T. cruzi
Restricted use in food-producing animals