Comparative efficacy of moxidectin 2% equine oral gel and ivermectin 2% equine oral paste against Onchocerca cervicalis (Railliet and Henry, 1910) microfilariae in horses with naturally acquired infections in Formosa (Argentina)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 243-248

  Mancebo, O A ^a   Verdi, J H ^b   Bulman, G M ^c  

^a Universidad Nacional de Formosa   (Argentina)

^b Private Practise   (Argentina)

^c Biogénesis Sintyal ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Horses; Ivermectin oral paste; Microfilariae; Moxidectin oral gel; Onchocerca cervicalis; Skin snips

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; LACTONE; MOXIDECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FLY; HORSE DISEASE; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE CONTROL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARGENTINA; FEMALE; GELS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IVERMECTIN; MACROLIDES; MALE; OINTMENTS; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA CERVICALIS;

EID: 0031593024     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00136-2     Document Type: Article

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