Evaluation of an imidacloprid (8.8% w/w)-permethrin (44.0% w/w) topical spot-on and a fipronil (9.8% w/w)-(S)-methoprene (8.8% w/w) topical spot-on to repel, prevent attachment, and kill adult Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum ticks on dogs

Veterinary Therapeutics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-186

  Dryden, M W ^a   Payne, P A ^a   Smith, V ^a   Hostetler, J ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Clinical Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIPRONIL; IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; METHOPRENE; PERMETHRIN; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INFESTATION; INSECT CONTROL; IXODES; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TICK; TIME; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; IXODES; MALE; METHOPRENE; PERMETHRIN; PYRAZOLES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 33845689189     PISSN: 15283593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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