The environmental safety of eprinomectin to earthworms

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 109-114

  Halley, Bruce A ^a   Winter, Renate ^a   Yoon, Stephen ^a   Marley, S E ^a   Rehbein, Steffen ^a  

^a BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earthworm; Environmental safety; Eprinomectin; Ivermectin; Lumbricus terrestris

Indexed keywords

EPRINEX; EPRINOMECTIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SOIL; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES ANALYSIS; FEEDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; SAFETY; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT GAIN; WORM;

BOS TAURUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 13844253795     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.11.007     Document Type: Article

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