Efficacy of a collar impregnated with amitraz and pyriproxyfen for prevention of experimental tick infestations by Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Ixodes ricinus, and Ixodes scapularis in dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-224

  Estrada Peña, Agustin ^a   Rème, Christophe ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Virbac SA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRAZ; PYRIPROXYFEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; INFESTATION; IXODES RICINUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TICK;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; IXODES; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRIDINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TOLUIDINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 12244292199     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.226.221     Document Type: Article

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