Haemonchus contortus: Effects of glutamate, ivermectin, and moxidectin on inulin uptake activity in unselected and ivermectin-selected adults

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-198

  Paiement, J P ^a   Leger, C ^a   Ribeiro, P ^a   Prichard, R K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glutamate; Glutamate receptor; Haemonchus contortus; Inulin; Ivermectin; Ivermectin resistance; Moxidectin; Nematode; Pharyngeal pumping

Indexed keywords

ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; INULIN; IVERMECTIN; MOXIDECTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0032813969     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1999.4413     Document Type: Article

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