Anthelmintic activity of pyrantel tartrate against Ascaridia galli in fowls.

At a dose of 15 mg/kg body weight, pyrantel tartrate was 18-51, 99-63, 100 and 100 per cent effective in chickens treated at 10, 20, 30 and 40 days respectively after infection with Ascaridia galli. Similarly, 25 mg/kg was 14-44, 100, 100 and 99-63 per cent effective.