Anthelmintic resistance of trichostrongylids in sheep in the highveld of Zimbabwe

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-388

  Boersema, J H ^a   Pandey, V S ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

drug resistance; fenbendazole; Haemonchus sp.; levamisole; rafoxanide; sheep Nematoda; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; FENBENDAZOLE; LEVAMISOLE; RAFOXANIDE; TETRAMISOLE; TIABENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESISTANCE; HAEMONCHUS; LARVA; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SHEEP; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FENBENDAZOLE; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; LARVA; LEVAMISOLE; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RAFOXANIDE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030948419     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01089-8     Document Type: Article

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