Treatment and prophylaxis of psoroptic mange (sheep scab) using an ivermectin intraruminal controlled-release bolus for sheep

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-85

  O'Brien, Dermot J ^a   Forbes, Andrew B ^b   Pitt, Simon R ^b   Baggott, Derek G ^b  

^a CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control; Ivermectin; Psoroptes ovis; Psoroptic mange; Sheep arthropoda

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SHEEP; SKIN INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; IVERMECTIN; MALE; MITE INFESTATIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033054796     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00109-0     Document Type: Article

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