Commercial trials using emamectin benzoate to control sea lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis infestations in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-149

  Stone, J ^a   Sutherland, I H ^b   Sommerville, C ^a   Richards, R H ^a   Varma, K J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b Schering Plough Animal Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Caligus elongatus; Emamectin benzoate; Lepeophtheirus salmonis; Salmo salar; Sea lice

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PEST CONTROL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EMAMECTIN BENZOATE; PEST CONTROL; SEASONALITY;

CHEMICAL CONTROL; MARICULTURE; PARASITE CONTROL; SALMONID CULTURE;

ANIMALIA; CALIGUS ELONGATUS; COPEPODA; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS SALMONIS; PENNATULACEA; PHTHIRAPTERA; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0034686257     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao041141     Document Type: Article

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