Depletion Rates of Injected and Ingested Ivermectin from Blood Serum of Penned White-Tailed Deer, Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann) (Artiodactyla: Cervidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-68

  Pound, J Mathews ^a   Miller, J Allen ^a   Oehler, Delbert D ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acaricide; Medicated bait; Pharmacokinetics; Tick control

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0842345373     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-41.1.65     Document Type: Article

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