Resistance to benzimidazoles and levamisole in nematode parasites of sheep in Nyandarua district of Kenya

Acta Tropica

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-40

  Maingi, N ^a   Bjorn H ^b   Gichohi, V M ^a   Munyua, W K ^a   Gathuma, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Fac Vet Med (Kabete Camp) U   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance (AR); Egg hatch assay (EHA); Faecal egg count reduction test (FECRT); Larval development assay (LDA); Nematodes; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; FEBANTEL; LEVAMISOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WORMICID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KENYA; LD 50; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SHEEP; WORM EGG;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; DRUG RESISTANCE; HAEMONCHUS; KENYA; LEVAMISOLE; SHEEP;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031950848     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00109-5     Document Type: Article

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