Larvicidal effectiveness of doramectin against natural warble (Hypoderma tarandi) and throat bot (Cephenemyia trompe) infections in reindeer

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 395-396

  Oksanen, Antti ^a   Nieminen, Mauri ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

avermectin; Cephenemyia trompe; doramectin; Hypoderma tarandi; Rangifer tarandus; reindeer; reindeer throat bot fly; reindeer warble fly

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CEPHENEMYIA TROMPE; GASTEROPHILUS NASALIS; HYPODERMA TARANDI; INSECTA; OESTRIDAE; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 0030268168     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00763.x     Document Type: Article

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