Long-acting control of ectoparasites: A review of collar technologies for companion animals

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-122

  Witchey Lakshmanan, Leonore C ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Companion animal collars; Fleas and ticks; Long acting ectoparasiticides; Veterinary drug delivery

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; TECHNOLOGY;

COLLAR TECHNOLOGIES; COMPANION ANIMALS; ECTOPARASITES; FLEAS AND TICKS; VETERINARY DRUG DELIVERY;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

AMITRAZ; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CARBARIL; CARBOFURAN; CHLORPYRIFOS; CYHALOTHRIN; DELTAMETHRIN; DICHLORVOS; DIMPYLATE; FAMPHUR; FENOXYCARB; FENTHION; FIPRONIL; IMIDACLOPRID; METHOPRENE; NALED; NYLAR; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE; PHOSMET; PIRIMIPHOS METHYL; POLYMER; PROPOXUR; PYRIPROXYFEN; RESMETHRIN; SENDRAN; STIROFOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; DEVICE; DISPERSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ECTOPARASITE; FLEA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; TICK; ULTRASOUND; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 0032988630     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-409X(99)00011-3     Document Type: Article

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