Elimination of sarcoptic mange due to Sarcoptes scabiei var suis from a 1800-sow farrow-to-finish farm

Veterinary Record

Volumn 159, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 595-597

  Rueda Lopez M ^a  

^a Veterinary Department   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRAZ; IVERMECTIN;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CARCASS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERADICATION THERAPY; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; INFECTION CONTROL; INFESTATION; INJECTION; IRELAND; MEDICAL AUDIT; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCRATCHING; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE DISEASE;

SARCOPTES SCABIEI;

EID: 33750895564     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.159.18.595     Document Type: Article

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