Effects of Psoroptes ovis infection and its control with an ivermectin controlled-release capsule on growing sheep. 2. Evaluation of wool production and leather value

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 119-128

  Rehbein, S ^a   Oertel, H ^b   Barth, D ^a   Visser, M ^a   Winter, R ^a   Cramer, L G ^a   Langholff, W K ^a  

^a BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^b Res Inst Leather Artif Leather T   (Germany)

Author keywords

Controlled release technology; Ivermectin; Leather quality; Psoroptes ovis; Sheep arthropoda; Wool production

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFESTATION; LAMB; LEATHER INDUSTRY; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRODUCTIVITY; WOOL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; IVERMECTIN; MALE; SCABIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SKIN; WEIGHT GAIN; WOOL;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; OVIS ARIES; PSOROPTES OVIS;

EID: 0034710365     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00244-2     Document Type: Article

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