monensin has been researched along with Sarcocystosis* in 2 studies
2 other study(ies) available for monensin and Sarcocystosis
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A myopathy of sheep associated with sarcocystis infection and monensin administration.
An outbreak of muscle disease affected approximately 20 of 600 ewes in spring 1987 in south-east Scotland. The clinical signs were a flaccid paralysis of the hind limbs and in severe cases collapse. Serum creatine kinase and aspartate aminotransferase activities were increased. Clinically affected sheep had a mean reciprocal serum antibody titre in a sarcocystis immunofluorescence antibody test of 557 whereas 22 sheep from the same flock, sampled one year earlier, showed a mean reciprocal titre of only 51. Histologically a heavy infestation of sarcocysts, myodegeneration and a non-suppurative myositis centred on degenerating sarcocysts were observed in a wide range of skeletal muscles and myocardium from four affected sheep. Monensin sodium had been inadvertently included in the protein pellet used in the feed for one week before the onset of the disease. Topics: Animal Feed; Animals; Antibodies, Protozoan; Disease Outbreaks; Female; Fluorescent Antibody Technique; Food Contamination; Heart; Monensin; Muscles; Muscular Diseases; Sarcocystis; Sarcocystosis; Scotland; Sheep; Sheep Diseases | 1989 |
Evaluation of decoquinate, lasalocid, and monensin against experimentally induced sarcocystosis in calves.
Effects of decoquinate, lasalocid, and monensin against experimentally induced sarcocystosis (Sarcocystis bovicanis) were evaluated in 12 calves, 3 of which were inoculated, nontreated controls. Three additional calves were noninoculated, nontreated controls. Drugs were administered in the feed (33 mg/kg of feed) of the treated calves (3 calves/group) for 87 days. Eight of the 12 inoculated calves died from acute sarcocystosis during the experiment (the 3 inoculated, nontreated controls, the 3 calves given decoquinate, and 2 of the 3 calves given lasalocid). Large numbers of sarcocysts were found in tissues from inoculated calves that survived in the experiment (1 of the 3 calves given lasalocid and the 3 calves given monensin). Although large numbers of sarcocysts developed in the muscles of monensin-treated calves, monensin may have an ameliorating effect on acute sarcocystosis. Topics: Animals; Cattle; Cattle Diseases; Decoquinate; Furans; Hydroxyquinolines; Lasalocid; Male; Monensin; Organ Specificity; Sarcocystis; Sarcocystosis | 1986 |