Use of moxidectin treatment in the investigation of abomasal nematodiasis in wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 147, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 570-573

  Irvine, R J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOXIDECTIN;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DEER; DRUG USE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CERVIDAE; OVIS ARIES; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 0034638619     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.147.20.570     Document Type: Article

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