Efficiency and cost of strategic use of acaricide for tick control in N'Dama cattle in The Gambia

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-40

  Mattioli, R C ^a   Jaitner, J ^a   Bah, M ^a  

^a International Trypanotolerance Centre Gambia   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Acaricide; N'Dama cattle; Strategic use; The Gambia; Tick control

Indexed keywords

FLUMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

CHEMICAL CONTROL; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PEST CONTROL; TICK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ECONOMICS; GAMBIA; INFESTATION; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; GAMBIA; INSECTICIDES; PYRETHRINS; SKIN; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS; WEIGHT GAIN;

GAMBIA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; DAMA; INSECTA;

EID: 0033083857     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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