Evaluation of ivermectin and milbemycin oxime efficacy against Dirofilaria immitis infections of three and four months' duration in dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1189-1192

  McCall, John W ^a   McTier, Tom L ^b   Ryan, William G ^c   Gross, Sheila J ^c   Soll, Mark D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TRS Labs Inc   (United States)

^c Merck AgVet   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; MILBEMYCIN DERIVATIVE; MILBEMYCIN OXIME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DOG; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BODY WEIGHT; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IVERMECTIN; MACROLIDES; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029974910     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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