Risk Assessment of Human Consumption of Meat From Fenbendazole-Treated Pheasants.

ABSTRACT: Fenbendazole is a benzimidazole-class anthelmintic that is used for the control of immature and adult stages of internal parasites, such as nematodes and trematodes, in domestic food-animal species. It is not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for treating pheasants despite Syngamus trachea being one of the most prevalent nematodes that parasitize pheasants. Because it is a highly effective treatment, e.g., 90% effectiveness against S. trachea, and there are very few alternative therapeutic options, this anthelminthic is used in an extra-label manner in the pheasant industry, but few studies have been conducted assessing risks to humans. Therefore, we conducted a risk assessment to evaluate the potential repeat-dose and reproductive, teratogenic, and c

SUBMITTER: Carreno Gutiez M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8212976 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature