Evaluation of permethrin and imidacloprid for prevention of Borrelia burgdorferi transmission from blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) to Borrelia burgdorferi-free dogs

Parasitology Research

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2003, Pages

  Spencer, J A ^a   Butler, J M ^a   Stafford, K C ^b   Pough, M B ^c   Levy, S A ^d   Bledsoe, D L ^e   Blagburn, B L ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CT Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d Durham Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

^e BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIDACLOPRID; PERMETHRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INFESTATION; INSECT BITE; INSECT CONTROL; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; PERMETHRIN; TICK INFESTATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; INSECTA; IXODES; IXODES SCAPULARIS;

EID: 0042203771     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-003-0904-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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