Evaluation of anthelmintic activity in captive wild ruminants by fecal egg reduction tests and a larval development assay

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 348-352

  Young, Kerry E ^a   Jensen, James M ^a   Craig, Thomas M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Avermectins; Benzimidazole; Larval development assay; Levamisole

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; AVERMECTIN; BENZIMIDAZOLE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FENBENDAZOLE; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IVERMECTIN; LEVAMISOLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAEMONCHUS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LARVA; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; OSTERTAGIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ARTIODACTYLA; BENZIMIDAZOLES; DEER; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES; FENBENDAZOLE; HAEMONCHUS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IVERMECTIN; LARVA; LEVAMISOLE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; OSTERTAGIA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 0034279785     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2000)031[0348:EOAAIC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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