Surveys to assess the amount of pesticide in wool and the use of pesticides by woolgrowers in Queensland

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 358-362

  Ward, M P ^a,b   Armstrong, R T F ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flystrike; Insect growth regulator; Lice; Organophosphorus; Pesticides; Synthetic pyrethroid; Wool

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; OVIS ARIES; PHTHIRAPTERA;

INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PYRETHROID; PYRETHROSIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; INFESTATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STATISTICS; WOOL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; INSECTICIDES; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PYRETHRINS; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; WOOL;

EID: 0035350374     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2001.tb12014.x     Document Type: Article

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