Evaluation of the effect of ivermectin administered topically at zero and six weeks after turnout on gastrointestinal nematode infection in first-season grazing cattle

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 277-286

  Eysker, M ^a   Boersema, J H ^a   Githiori, J B ^a   Kooyman, F N J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cattle gastrointestinal nematodes; Control methods gastrointestinal nematodes; Ivermectin

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; PEPSINOGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA OSTERTAGI; PARASITE EXAMINATION; SEASON;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; IVERMECTIN; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; OSTERTAGIA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PEPSINOGEN A; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; COOPERIA ONCOPHORA; NEMATODA; ONCOPHORA;

EID: 0032585009     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00159-9     Document Type: Article

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