The relationship between parasite counts, lesions, antibody titres and daily weight gains in Psoroptes ovis infested cattle

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 137-148

  Lonneux, J F ^a   Nguyen, T Q ^b   Detry, J ^b   Farnir, F ^b   Losson, B J ^b  

^a Belgian National Institute for Veterinary Research   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cattle Arthropoda; Economics; Mange; Pathology Arthropoda; Psoroptes ovis

Indexed keywords

AVERMECTIN; MILBEMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INFESTATION; MITE; NONHUMAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; IVERMECTIN; MACROLIDES; MALE; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032584007     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00220-3     Document Type: Article

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