The Ivomec SR Bolus for control of Boophilus annulatus (Acari: Ixodidae) on cattle in South Texas

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1622-1627

  Miller, J Allen ^a   Davey, Ronald B ^a   Oehler, Delbert D ^a   Pound, J Mathews ^a   George, John E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boophilus annulatus; Ivermectin; Sustained release bolus

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; IVERMECTIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; INFESTATION; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; IVERMECTIN; IXODIDAE; POPULATION DENSITY; TEXAS; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0035752850     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.6.1622     Document Type: Article

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