Inter- and intra-specific variation within the genus Psoroptes (Acari: Psoroptidae)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 201-217

  Bates, P G ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acaricide resistance; Cross infestivity; Host specificity; Ivermectin; Psoroptes cuniculi; Psoroptes ovis; Psoroptidae; Sheep scab; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; IVERMECTIN; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PYRETHROID;

DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INFECTION CONTROL; MITE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SHEEP DISEASE; TAXONOMY;

ACARI; OTODECTES CYNOTIS; OVIS ARIES; PSOROPTES; PSOROPTES CUNICULI; PSOROPTES OVIS; PSOROPTIDAE;

EID: 0033015337     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00058-8     Document Type: Article

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