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5 March 2024 PHARMACOKINETICS AND EFFICACY OF A SINGLE TOPICAL DOSE OF EPRINOMECTIN IN GIRAFFE (GIRAFFA SPP.)
Ashley Richardson, Liza Dadone, Matthew Johnston, Priya Bapodra-Villaverde, Amy Schilz, Eunice Contreras, Anne Rivas, Sarah Schwenzer, Stephanie Zec, Brenda Cordova, Sara Ferguson, Krista E. Banks, Daniel L. Gustafson, Miranda J. Sadar
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Abstract

Growing resistance to current antiparasitic medications, both in livestock and in zoological species under human care, makes it imperative to evaluate available drugs on the market, such as eprinomectin. In this prospective study, five males and one female of reticulated (Giraffa reticulata; n = 2), Masai (Giraffa tippelskirchii; n = 1), Nubian (Giraffa camelopardalis; n = 2), and hybrid subspecies (n = 1) of giraffe, received 1.5 mg/kg eprinomectin topically along the dorsum. Using high-performance liquid chromatography, concentrations of eprinomectin in plasma samples collected at 0, 4, 24, and 48 h, and 7, 14, 21, and 28 d were evaluated following drug administration. Complete blood cell counts and biochemistry panels were performed before (n = 6) and after (n = 3) eprinomectin administration. Samples for modified double centrifugal fecal flotation (n = 6) were evaluated prior to eprinomectin administration to evaluate for endoparasites and were repeated after the study (n = 5). Noncompartmental pharmacokinetic analysis was applied to the data. The observed maximum plasma concentration was 11.45 ng/ml and the time of observed maximum concentration was 2.67 d. The mean terminal half-life was 5.16 d. No adverse effects were observed related to eprinomectin administration and no blood work changes were observed. Parasite loads decreased (n = 3) or did not change (n = 2) after eprinomectin administration. The mean peak plasma concentration of eprinomectin in giraffe was similar to that achieved in cattle, despite using three times the dose.

Ashley Richardson, Liza Dadone, Matthew Johnston, Priya Bapodra-Villaverde, Amy Schilz, Eunice Contreras, Anne Rivas, Sarah Schwenzer, Stephanie Zec, Brenda Cordova, Sara Ferguson, Krista E. Banks, Daniel L. Gustafson, and Miranda J. Sadar "PHARMACOKINETICS AND EFFICACY OF A SINGLE TOPICAL DOSE OF EPRINOMECTIN IN GIRAFFE (GIRAFFA SPP.)," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 55(1), 67-72, (5 March 2024). https://doi.org/10.1638/2023-0054
Accepted: 26 September 2023; Published: 5 March 2024
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