The prevalence of anthelmintic resistance in nematode parasites of sheep in Southern Latin America: Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 199-206

  Echevarria, F ^a   Borba, M F S ^a   Pinheiro, A C ^a   Waller, P J ^b   Hansen, J W ^c  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brazil; Haemonchus contortus; Osteragia circumcincta; Resistance; Sheep Nematoda; Trichostrongylus spp.

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE; CLOSANTEL; IVERMECTIN; LEVAMISOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 0029924008     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(95)00906-X     Document Type: Article

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