Control of the cattle louse Bovicola bovis with the fungal pathogen Metarhizium anisopliae

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 344-349

  Briggs, L L ^a   Colwell, D D ^b   Wall, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological control; Bovicola bovis; Cattle; Fungus; Lice; Metarhizium anisopliae; Pediculosis

Indexed keywords

POLYSORBATE 80; SILICONE OIL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BOVICOLA BOVIS; CATTLE; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LOUSE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PEDICULOSIS; SEASON; SURVIVAL; WINTER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALLOPHAGA; METARHIZIUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POLYSORBATES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BOS TAURUS; BOVICOLA BOVIS; FUNGI; ISCHNOCERA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; PHTHIRAPTERA; TRICHODECTIDAE;

EID: 33750998523     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.07.018     Document Type: Article

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