Dourine Treatment
Methods of treating the disease.
In general, treatment is not recommended for fear of continued dissemination of the disease by treated animals). Treatment may result in inapparent disease carriers and is not recommended in a dourine-free territory. There have been reports of successful treatment with trypanocidal drugs (e.g., suramin at 10 mg/kg IV, quinapyramine dimethylsulfate at 3-5 mg/kg SC), treatment is more successful when the disease is caused by the more virulent (European) strains of the parasite.
