Integrated control strategies for ectoparasites in Scottish sheep flocks

Livestock Science

Volumn 106, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 243-253

  Milne, Catherine E ^a   Dalton, Graham E ^b   Stott, Alistair W ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Nether Contlaw   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision tree; Optimal disease control strategies; Sheep ectoparasites

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33846009851     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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