Efficacy of ivermectin against Sarcoptes scabieri var suis in pigs

Veterinary Record

Volumn 153, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 272-273

  Geurden, T ^a   Verelst, A ^a   Somers, R ^a   Dierickx, N ^a   Vercruysse, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFICACY; INJECTION SITE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MITE; NONHUMAN; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCRATCHING; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE DISEASE; YAWS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; SARCOPTES; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0041323081     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.153.9.272     Document Type: Article

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