Potential for misinterpretation of the faecal egg count reduction test for levamisole resistance in gastrointestinal nematodes of sheep

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 267-273

  Grimshaw, W T R ^a   Hong, C ^b   Hunt, K R ^b  

^a MSD Agvet   (United Kingdom)

^b Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agenc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faecal egg count reduction test; Haemonchus contortus; Levamisole; Ostertagia circumcincta; Resistance; Sheep Nematoda; Trichostrongylus colubriformis

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; LEVAMISOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HAEMONCHUS; LABORATORY TEST; MEASUREMENT; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA; SHEEP; WORM EGG;

EID: 0029978392     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(95)00874-8     Document Type: Article

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