An in vivo dose-response study of fenbendazole against Oesophagostomum dentatum and Oesophagostomum quadrispinulatum in pigs

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 403-409

  Praslicka J ^a,b   Bjorn H ^a   Varady M ^a,b   Nansen, P ^a   Hennessy, D R ^a,c   Talvik, H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

anthelmintics; benzimidazoles; efficacy; minimum effective dose; nodular worms; swine; worm count reduction

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRONGYLOIDEA; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FENBENDAZOLE; MALE; OESOPHAGOSTOMIASIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM DENTATUM; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM QUADRISPINULATUM; STRONGYLOIDEA; SUS SCROFA; NEMATODA;

CHEMICAL CONTROL; FENBENDAZOLE; PIG;

EID: 0030613268     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(96)00184-1     Document Type: Article

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