Anthelmintic treatment in horses: The extra-label use of products and the danger of under-dosing

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 53-56

  Matthee, S ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic treatment; Equus caballus; Faecal egg count reduction; Under dosing

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; DECTOMAX LA; DORAMECTIN; EQUEST GEL; EQUIMAX; EQVALAN PASTE; IVERMECTIN; MOXIDECTIN; NEMEX H; OXIBENDAZOLE; PYRANTEL EMBONATE; SEROH PASTE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FENBENDAZOLE; MACROLIDE; MILBEMYCIN;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BREEDING LINE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG USE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEL; GENDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HORSE; HOST; MALE; NONHUMAN; RECORDING; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; WORM EGG; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; HORSE DISEASE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; VERMES;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FECES; FEMALE; FENBENDAZOLE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; IVERMECTIN; MACROLIDES; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PYRANTEL PAMOATE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142183191     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v74i2.505     Document Type: Article

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