Fenbendazole Strongyloides Levamisole, ivermectin The deworming schedule should include prebreeding for all breeding stock and prefarrowing for gilts and sows, prevention of Strongyloides and roundworms in baby pigs, and one or more dewormings in weanling and growing pigs. Specific strategic schedules should be arranged with your veterinarian. Formulations for group administration are provided as well as for individual treatment. Use approved formulations and appropriate drugs for the target parasite species and stages. Clinical signs of yellowish or gray pasty to liquid diarrhea appear at 1 to 2 weeks of age with dehydration evident even though nursing continues.
Infection occurs in cells lining the small intestine.
Oocysts mature in 12 hours in the farrowing crate, and disease and mortality are directly proportional to the number of infective oocysts ingested. There has been no good evidence that sows are carriers and pass oocysts to their piglets. The source for this coccidian is still not known. The other coccidia, Eimeria , which are found in weanling and older pigs, apparently cause little or no damage. Differentiation of Isospora from Eimeria can be made microscopically by your veterinarian but coccidiosis in baby pigs is apparently Isospora only.