Haemonchus contortus: Ivermectin-induced paralysis of the pharynx

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 88-96

  Geary, Timothy G ^a   Sims, Sandra M ^a   Thomas, Eileen M ^a   Vanover, Lisa ^a,b   Davis, John P ^a   Winterrowd, Christal A ^a   Klein, Ronald D ^a   Ho, Norman F H ^a   Thompson, David P ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PHARYNX; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

3-O-METHYLGLUCOSE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMAL; CARBONYL CYANIDE M-CHLOROPHENYL HYDRAZONE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HAEMONCHUS; IVERMECTIN; METHYLGLUCOSIDES; MITOCHONDRIA; MOVEMENT; PHARYNX;

EID: 0027319985     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1993.1064     Document Type: Article

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