Effects of Psoroptes ovis infection and its control with an ivermectin controlled-release capsule on growing sheep. 1. Evaluation of weight gain, feed consumption and carcass value

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 107-118

  Rehbein, S ^a   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)

Author keywords

Carcass quality; Controlled release technology; Ivermectin; Psoroptes ovis; Sheep Arthropoda; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARCASS; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD INTAKE; INFESTATION; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRODUCTIVITY; SHEEP; WEIGHT GAIN;

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

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

EID: 0034710390     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00245-4     Document Type: Article

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