Contractile activity and motility responses of the dog heartworm Dirofilaria immitis to classical anthelmintics and other compounds

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 183-188

  Bowen, John M ^a   Vitayavirasak, Banjong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Contractile activity; Dirofilaria immitis; Heartworms; Motility; Nematode; Pharmacology

Indexed keywords

AMPROLIUM; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; BEPHENIUM; BITHIONOL; BITOSCANATE; CHLORPROMAZINE; DISOPHENOL; DITHIAZANINE; HEXACHLOROPHENE; HEXACHLORXYLOL; IVERMECTIN; METYRIDINE; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PYRANTEL; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; TETRAMISOLE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TROPOLONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DOG; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; RECORDING; SPASTIC PARESIS; TENSION;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IVERMECTIN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS;

EID: 27544515873     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.06.020     Document Type: Article

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