Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về bệnh học thý y được đăng trên tạp chí Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về bệnh thú y đề tài: A review of the off-label use of selamectin . | Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica BioMed Central Review A review of the off-label use of selamectin Stronghold Revolution in dogs and cats Maggie A Fisher 1 and David J Shanks2 Open Access Address 1Shernacre Enterprise Shernacre Cottage Lower Howsell Road Malvern Worcs WR14 1UX UK and 2Peuman 16350 Vieux Ruffec France Email Maggie A Fisher - mfisher@ David J Shanks - davidjohnshanks@ Corresponding author Published 25 November 2008 Received 7 January 2008 Accepted 25 November 2008 Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50 46 doi 1751-0147-50-46 r This article is available from http content 50 1 46 2008 Fisher and Shanks licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Since its introduction approximately seven years ago selamectin Stronghold Revolution Pfizer Inc. has been used off-label to treat a number of ecto- and endoparasite conditions in dogs and cats. It has been used as a successful prophylactic against Dirofilaria repens and as a treatment for Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in cats. It has also been used to treat notoedric mange infestation with the nasal mite Pneumonyssoides caninum Cheyletiella spp. and Neotrombicula autumnalis infestations and larval Cordylobia anthropophaga infection. However to date attempts to treat generalised canine demodicosis have not been successful. In all cases treatment was apparently well tolerated by the host. Background Until relatively recently the antiparasitic products available to the veterinarian were often inadequate 1 . During the last two or three decades however remarkable progress has been achieved in some areas of parasite control through better understanding of the behaviour and lifecycles of the target parasites and the
