Prophylaxis of bovine trichostrongylidosis and dictyocaulosis in the alpine region: Comparison of an early and late administration of the oxfendazole pulse release bolus to first year grazing calves

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 181-192

  Hertzberg, H ^a   Durgiai, B ^b   Schnieder, T ^c   Kohler, Lucia ^a   Eckert, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

alpine region; calves; control; Dictyocaulus viviparus; lungworm; oxfendazole pulse release bolus; prophylaxis; trichostrongyles

Indexed keywords

OXFENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EUROPE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DICTYOCAULUS; DICTYOCAULUS INFECTIONS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; POACEAE; SEASONS; SWITZERLAND; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 0030588689     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01020-5     Document Type: Article

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