Evaluation of a strategic deworming program in dairy heifers in Quebec based on the use of moxidectin, an endectocide with a long persistency

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 38-44

  Elsener, Johanne ^a   Villeneuve, Alain ^b   DesCôteaux, Luc ^b  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; MOXIDECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY INDUSTRY; EVALUATION; FECES ANALYSIS; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA OSTERTAGI; WEIGHT GAIN; WORM EXPULSION;

ABOMASUM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FECES; FEMALE; MACROLIDES; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIASIS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; OSTERTAGIA OSTERTAGI;

EID: 0035151003     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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