Prevalence of anthelmintic resistance on sheep farms in New Zealand

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 271-277

  Waghorn, T S ^a   Leathwick, D M ^a   Rhodes, A P ^b   Lawrence, K E ^c   Jackson, R ^c   Pomroy, W E ^c   West, D M ^c   Moffat, J R ^d  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b PGG Wrightson Ltd ^*  (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d Schering Plough Animal Health   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Anthelmintic resistance; Benzimidazole; Ivermectin; Levamisole; Macrocyclic lactone; Sheep; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTH; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; NEW ZEALAND; OSTERTAGIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; IVERMECTIN; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; NEW ZEALAND; OSTERTAGIA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COOPERIA; NEMATODA; NEMATODIRUS; OSTERTAGIA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 33846080978     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2006.36710     Document Type: Article

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