Worm control practices on sheep farms in Denmark and implications for the development of anthelmintic resistance

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 39-52

  Maingi, N ^a,b   Bjorn H ^a   Thamsborg, S M ^a   Dangolla, A ^c   Kyvsgaard, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

anthelmintic resistance; control methods helminths; sheep

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; FEBANTEL; FENBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; LEVAMISOLE; THIOPHANATE; TIABENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; DRUG RESISTANCE; HELMINTHIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; SHEEP; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DENMARK; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; VERMES;

EID: 18244424461     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01005-9     Document Type: Article

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