Sarcocystosis

In the past, in veterinary practice, a number of drugs (potassium iodide, sodium nitroxoline, hydrazine, or a combination of these drugs) were used for the prevention and treatment of sarcocystiasis, the most widely cited at the time of the invention of the drug. In a number of countries in Europe and the USA, this drug is considered ineffective. However, despite this, it continues to be used.

The method of using potassium iodide to combat parasites in the laboratory raises many questions. It is based on the following fact. The concentration of iodine in various animal media (milk) is sufficient to destroy sarcosporidium. Iodines, falling on “dry” “isospores”, soluble in water, cause swelling of the parasite, which leads to its disintegration. However, since parasites live directly in the cellular protoplasm, when iodine is introduced, the entire infected tissue absorbs the iodine. There is reason to believe that iodine can have a damaging effect not only on these parasites, but also on tissue cells and animals in general, since the iodine concentration is high. It is also known that under the influence of iodine, iodoform is formed, which has a negative effect on the condition of the gonads