Tropical Medicine and Health

Table 2 The viability of Babesia and Theileria parasites treated with IVM

From: Evaluation of the inhibitory effect of ivermectin on the growth of Babesia and Theileria parasites in vitro and in vivo

Drugs	Conc. of compounds	Parasites
Drugs	Conc. of compounds	B. bovis	B. bigemina	B. divergens	B. caballi	T. equi
IVM	0.25 × IC₅₀	+	+	+	+	+
	0.5 × IC₅₀	+	+	+	+	+
	1 × IC₅₀	+	+	+	+	+
	2 × IC₅₀	+	+	+	+	+
	4 × IC₅₀	–	–	–	–	+
	Untreated control	+	+	+	+	+

The positive (+) shows the regrowth of parasites, and the negative (−) shows the total clearance of parasites on day 8 after withdrawing the drug pressure

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