Possible risk factors on Queensland dairy farms for acaricide resistance in cattle tick (Boophilus microplus)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 79-92

  Jonsson, N N ^a   Mayer, D G ^b   Green, P E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acaricide resistance; Amitraz; Australia; Boophilus microplus; Cattle tick; Dairy cows; Synthetic pyrethroid

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; AMITRAZ; FLUMETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY INDUSTRY; FEMALE; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; TICK;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; LINEAR MODELS; PYRETHRINS; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS; TOLUIDINES;

ACARI; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS; HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS EXIGUA;

EID: 0033960027     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00189-2     Document Type: Article

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