PURPOSE: To provide a drug containing at least one kind of tetrocarcin compound and effective as an antipiroplasmic agent and antimalarial agent.
CONSTITUTION: The object agent contains at least one of the tetrocarcin compounds of formula. Piroplasmosis is a nematodosis caused by piroplasmas of wide sense including the nematodes of Babesia family and Theileria family, carried by mites, and exhibits acute or chronic principal symptoms of pyrexia, anemia, jaundice, blood urine, etc. The tetrocarcine compound of formula is useful not only as an antipiroplasmic agent for animals, especially cattle, but also as an antimalarial agent for man and other animals (e.g. poultry). Dose: 0.1W 20.0mg/kg, once a day, 1W7 doses a cure, continuously or intermittently for antipiroplasmic agent, and 0.5W10mg/kg in the same manner as above for antimalarial agent.
OOTOMO MASAO
TOMITA FUSAO
ITOU SHINGO
