New screening test to predict the potential impact of ivermectin- contaminated cattle dung on dung beetles

Veterinary Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-24

  Lumaret, Jean Pierre ^a   Alvinerie, Michel ^b   Hempel, Hella ^c   Schallnaß, Hans Joachim ^c   Claret, Daniel ^a   Römbke, Jörg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c ECT OEKOTOXIKOLOGIE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dung beetle; Environmental risk assessment; Ivermectin; Screening test; Treated dung

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; APHODIUS CONSTANS; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SCREENING; DRY WEIGHT; EUROPEAN UNION; FRESH WEIGHT; LC 50; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; SCREENING TEST; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; FEMALE; TIME;

APHODIUS CONSTANS; BOS; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BEETLES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; IVERMECTIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847332025     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2006041     Document Type: Article

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