Efficacy of ivermectin against nematodes infecting field populations of snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) in Yukon, Canada

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-30

  Sovell, John R ^a   Holmes, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Efficacy; Field manipulation; Free ranging host; Ivermectin; Lepus americanus; Nematode; Snowshoe hare

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; NEMATODA; NEMATODIRUS; NEMATODIRUS TRIANGULARIS; PASSALURUS; PROTOSTRONGYLUS; PROTOSTRONGYLUS BOUGHTONI; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS LEPORIS; VERMES;

ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; LAGOMORPH; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; IVERMECTIN; LAGOMORPHA; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 0029687539     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.1.23     Document Type: Article

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