Seasonal occurence and production effects of the biting louse Damalinia limbata on Angora goats and 2 treatment options

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 74-78

  Brown, L ^a,b   de K van der Linde, T C ^a   Fourie, L J ^a   Horak, I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Angora goats; Biting lice; Damalinia limbata; Deltamethrin; Production effects; Seasonality; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DELTAMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE; NITRILE; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; GOAT DISEASE; INSECT CONTROL; LOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEDICULOSIS; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GOAT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MALLOPHAGA; SEASON; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOOL;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; DAMALINIA; GERVAIS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; INSECTICIDES; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; MALLOPHAGA; NITRILES; PYRETHRINS; SEASONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOOL;

EID: 26944497973     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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