Efficacy of ivermectin delivered from a sustained-release bolus against gastrointestinal nematodes in field grazing calves in Nyandarua district of Kenya

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 105-119

  Munyua, W K ^a   Ng'ang'a, C J ^a   Ngotho, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cattle Nematoda; Control methods Nematoda; Controlled release technology; Ivermectin

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; TRICLABENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FASCIOLA; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HAEMONCHUS; KENYA; LARVA; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; STRONGYLOIDEA; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHURIS; WORM EGG;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; FECES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; IVERMECTIN; KENYA; LARVA; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PEPSINOGENS; POACEAE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032584018     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00159-3     Document Type: Article

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