Severe cat flea infestation of dairy calves in Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-86

  Araujo F R ^a   Silva, M P ^a   Lopes, A A ^a   Ribeiro, O C ^a   Pires, P P ^b   Carvalho, C M E ^a   Balbuena, C B ^a   Villas, A A ^a   Ramos, J K M ^a  

^a Univ para o Desenvolvimento do E   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anemia; Cattle; Ctenocephalides felis felis; Fipronil; Flea; Siphonaptera

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; FIPRONIL; PROPOXUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DEHYDRATION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FLEA; HEMATOCRIT; INFESTATION; LETHARGY; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FLEAS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; MALE; PROPOXUR; PYRAZOLES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0032534721     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00181-2     Document Type: Article

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