Effects of a novel pesticide resistance management strategy on tick control in a smallholding exotic-breed dairy herd in Kenya

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 469-478

  Kamidi, R E ^a   Kamidi, M K ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Acaricide; Dairy production; Herd management; Negative cross resistance; Tick control

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; DRUG EFFECT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INFESTATION; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; KENYA; METHODOLOGY; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACARI; INSECTA;

EID: 27744442402     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-005-2173-2     Document Type: Article

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