The efficacy of levamisole, and a mixture of oxfendazole and levamisole, against the arrested stages of benzimidazole-resistant Haemonchus contortus and Ostertagia circumcincta in sheep

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 139-146

  Andrews, S J ^a  

^a Schering Plough Animal Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benzimidazole resistance; Haemonchus contortus; Levamisole; Nematoda; Ostertagia circumcincta; Oxfendazole; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LEVAMISOLE; NILVERM GOLD; OXFENDAZOLE; SYSTEMEX 2 265; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LARVA; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; LEVAMISOLE; MALE; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIASIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 0033982482     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00195-8     Document Type: Article

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