Multimodal approach to treatment for control of fur mites

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 29-32

  Bornstein, Danielle A ^a   Scola, Jennifer ^a   Rath, Ami ^a   Warren, Henry B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRAZ; DICHLORVOS; FIPRONIL; FRONTLINE PLUS; REVOLUTION; SELAMECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ECTOPARASITE; ERADICATION THERAPY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FUR MITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT INFECTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANIMALS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HAIR; INSECTICIDES; IVERMECTIN; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; MICE; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; PYRAZOLES; RODENT DISEASES; TOLUIDINES;

ACARI; MURINAE; RADFORDIA;

EID: 33746677958     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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