Helminths in horses: Use of selective treatment for the control of strongyles

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 129-136

  Matthee, S ^a   McGeoch, M A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Anthelmintics; Cyathostomins; Faecal egg counts; Intestinal parasite management

Indexed keywords

EQUIMAX; IVERMECTIN; PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HORSE DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TAPEWORM INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FECES; HORSE; PARASITOLOGY; STRONGYLOIDEA;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; STRONGYLES; VERMES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FECES; FEMALE; HORSES; IVERMECTIN; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PRAZIQUANTEL; SOUTH AFRICA; STRONGYLE INFECTIONS, EQUINE; STRONGYLUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13744255254     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v75i3.468     Document Type: Article

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