Efficacy of moxidectin against sarcoptic mange and effects on milk yield of ewes and growth of lambs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 207-216

  Fthenakis, G C ^a   Papadopoulos, E ^b   Himonas, C ^b   Leontides, L ^a   Kritas, S ^a   Papatsas, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Control methods; Lamb growth; Mange; Milk yield; Moxidectin; Sarcoptes scabiei; Sheep arthropoda

Indexed keywords

MOXIDECTIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFESTATION; LAMB; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SHEEP; SKIN DEFECT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; INJECTIONS; INSECTICIDES; LACTATION; MACROLIDES; MILK; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SKIN;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SARCOPTES SCABIEI;

EID: 0033990332     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00182-X     Document Type: Article

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