At present,badger is mostly wild,less in captivity,in the badger artificial breeding and disease control and other aspects of knowledge and experience are still a lot of lack.In order to clarify the heartworm infection situation of badger in Binhai Shengli Wild Badger domestication Company of Qinglong Manchu Autonomous County of Qinhuangdao,and put forward comprehensive prevention and control measures for the badger heartworm disease in this farm,and promote the development of badger artificial breeding industry.According to the clinical symptoms,the changes of autopsy and the detection results of microfilariae in the blood of the infected badgers,the suspected cases of cardiac filariasis in the badgers were studied.At the same time,epidemiological investigation was conducted on the detection of microfilariae in the blood of some badgers in this farm.The results showed that the positive rate was 18%in the badger herd that had been raised in the badger factory for a period of time,and 42%in the badger herd that had just returned from the wild.The results of drug therapy test showed that ivermectin and levamisole hydrochloride had better effect on the elimination of microfileria,and the elimination rate of ivermectin could reach 95%.Through this study,the comprehensive control measures for heart filariasis in badger farms can be proposed,including preventive deworming,regular monitoring and drug treatment.
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