Efficacy of an amitraz-impregnated collar in preventing transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi by adult Ixodes scapularis to dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-189

  Elfassy, Olivier J ^a   Goodman, Forrest W ^a   Levy, Steven A ^b   Carter, Lori L ^c  

^a Virbac Corporation   (United States)

^b Durham Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

^c Stillmeadow Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRAZ; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INFESTATION; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; TICK; VECTOR CONTROL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS;

EID: 0035879073     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.219.185     Document Type: Article

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