Experimental ivermectin treatment of sarcoptic mange and establishment of a mange-free population of Spanish ibex

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 775-785

  León Vizcaíno, Luis ^b   Cubero, María José ^b   González Capitel, Emilio ^a   Simón, Miguel Angel ^a   Pérez, Linarejos ^a   Ruiz De Ybáñez, M Rocío ^b   Ortíz, Juana M ^b   González Candela, Mónica ^b   Alonso, Francisco ^b  

^a Segura y Las Villas   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Capra pyrenaica hispanica; Ivermectin; Mange; Sanitation program; Sarcoptes scabiei; Scabies; Spanish ibex; Therapeutic

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA PYRENAICA; SARCOPTES SCABIEI;

INSECTICIDE; IVERMECTIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; SANITATION; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMAL; ANIMALS, WILD; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INSECTICIDES; IVERMECTIN; QUARANTINE; SANITATION; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0040746915     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-37.4.775     Document Type: Article

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