A comparison of in vitro tests and a faecal egg count reduction test in detecting anthelmintic resistance in horse strongyles

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-59

  Craven, J ^a,b   Bjorn H ^a   Barnes, E H ^b   Henriksen, S A ^a   Nansen, P ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Benzimidazole; Egg hatch assay; Faecal egg count reduction; Horse; Larval development assay; Pyrantel

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; FENBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; LEVAMISOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; PYRANTEL; PYRANTEL TARTRATE; TIABENDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EGG; FECES ANALYSIS; HORSE; IN VITRO STUDY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; SCREENING TEST;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IVERMECTIN; LEVAMISOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PYRANTEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; STRONGYLUS; THIABENDAZOLE;

EID: 0033001308     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00113-2     Document Type: Article

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