The effect of faecally excreted ivermectin and fenbendazole on the insect colonisation of cattle dung following the oral administration of sustained-release boluses

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 253-266

  Strong, L ^a   Wall, R ^a   Woolford, A ^a   Djeddour, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle Nematoda; Controlled release technology; Dung insects; Fenbendazole; Ivermectin

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG TOXICITY; FECES; INSECT; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MUSCOMORPHA; NEMATODA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0029913589     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(95)00890-X     Document Type: Article

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