Fly larvicidal activity in the faeces of cattle and pigs treated with endectocide products

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 301-306

  Farkas, R ^a   Gyurcso A ^a   Borzsonyi L ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cattle; Doramectin; Endectocides; Housefly; Hungary; Ivermectin; Larvicidal activity; Moxidectin; Musca domestica; Pig

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CATTLE; FECES; LARVA; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; DIPTERA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0141574283     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2003.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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