The efficacy of Michel's dose and move system on gastrointestinal nematode infections in dairy calves

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 75, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 99-114

  Eysker, M ^a   Van Der Aar, W M ^a   Boersema, J H ^a   Dop, P Y ^a   Kooyman, F N J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fenbendazole; Nematode; Parasitic gastroenteritis (PGE)

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE; MOXIDECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; FECES ANALYSIS; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DICTYOCAULUS INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; FENBENDAZOLE; GASTROENTERITIS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MACROLIDES; NETHERLANDS; OSTERTAGIA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PEPSINOGENS; RISK FACTORS; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; WEATHER;

EID: 0032574117     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00215-X     Document Type: Article

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