A field trial with bunamidine hydrochloride as an anthelmintic in the eradication of Echinococcus granulosus, taenia hydatigena and Taenia ovis in New Zealand

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This paper describes a field trial designed to determine the value of bunamidine hydrochloride as an anthelmintic within the framework of the New Zealand hydatid eradication campaign and within an environment where there are no wild carnivorous animals host either to Echinococcus granulosus or to other Taeniidae with intermediate stages in sheep.