Impact of a sustained-release ivermectin bolus on weight gain in breeding age Holstein heifers under commercial pasture conditions in southern Québec

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 701-705

  Caldwell, Vincent ^a   DesCôteaux, Luc ^a   Doucet, Michèle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CANADA; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CATTLE; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; FEMALE; IVERMECTIN; QUEBEC; SEASONS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031792750     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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