Eradication of sarcoptic mange from a Belgian pig breeding farm with a combination of injectable and in-feed ivermectin

Veterinary Record

Volumn 145, Issue 25-26, 1999, Pages 721-724

  Smets, K ^a   Neirynck, W ^b   Vercruysse, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Seghers Hybrid NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BREEDING; CALCULATION; DERMATITIS; DRUG COST; MITE; NONHUMAN; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCRATCHING; SWINE DISEASE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INSECTICIDES; IVERMECTIN; MALE; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033604759     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.145.25.721     Document Type: Article

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