A comparison of the efficacy of two treatments of doramectin injectable, ivermectin injectable and ivermectin pour-on against naturally acquired gastrointestinal nematode infections of cattle during a winter-spring grazing season

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-77

  Williams, J C ^a   Loyacano, A F ^a   DeRosa, A ^a   Gurie, J ^a   Coombs, D F ^a   Skogerboe, T L ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Doramectin; Ivermectin; Nematodes (cattle); Persistence; Prophylaxis; Treatment interval

Indexed keywords

DORAMECTIN; IVERMECTIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES ANALYSIS; HAEMONCHUS; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA; SEASON; STRONGYLOIDEA; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; IVERMECTIN; LOUISIANA; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; ORCHIECTOMY; POACEAE; SEASONS;

EID: 0030781012     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00079-4     Document Type: Article

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