Effect of moxidectin against natural infestation of the cattle tick Boophilus microplus (Acarina: Ixodidae) in the Mexican tropics

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 111, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 211-216

  Aguilar Tipacamu, G ^a   Rodriguez Vivas, R I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amitraz; Boophilus microplus; Cattle; Control; Mexico; Moxidectin

Indexed keywords

AMITRAZ; MOXIDECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; FEMALE; INFESTATION; MALE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; TROPICS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INSECTICIDES; IXODIDAE; MACROLIDES; MEXICO; TICK INFESTATIONS; TOLUIDINES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS TAURUS; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0037434451     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00355-2     Document Type: Article

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