The effects of a controlled-release albendazole capsule (proftril-captec) on parasitism in grazing corriedale ewes in the Nyandarua district of Kenya

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-99

  Munyua, W K ^a   Githigia, S M ^a   Mwangi, D M ^a   Kimoro, C O ^a   Ayuya, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic; Depot therapy; Gastrointestinal nematodes; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITISM; SHEEP; WORM EGG;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BODY WEIGHT; CAPSULES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; KENYA; LARVA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POACEAE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; STRONGYLOIDEA; TIME FACTORS;

NEMATODA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031046414     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005705131222     Document Type: Article

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