Selection for high levamisole resistance in Haemonchus contortus monitored with an egg-hatch assay

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1395-1400

  Hoekstra, R ^a,b   Borgsteede, F H M ^a   Boersema, J H ^b   Roos, M H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Egg hatch assay; Haemonchus contortus; Levamisole; Nematode

Indexed keywords

LEVAMISOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HATCHING; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; LEVAMISOLE; OVUM; SELECTION (GENETICS); SHEEP;

EID: 0030729109     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00126-4     Document Type: Article

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