Moxidectin as an Endectocide in Reindeer

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 483-489

  Oksanen, A ^a   Nieminen, M ^b  

^a NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cephenemyia trompe; Hypoderma tarandi; ivermectin; throat bots; trichostrongylids; warbles

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; IVERMECTIN; MACROLIDE; MILBEMYCIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAPILLARIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEWBORN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REINDEER; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAPILLARIA; FECES; FEMALE; IVERMECTIN; MACROLIDES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; REINDEER; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032251344     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: 17510147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03547774     Document Type: Article

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