Evaluation of targeted drenching using Famacha© method in Creole goat: Reduction of anthelmintic use, and effects on kid production and pasture contamination

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 135-147

  Mahieu, Maurice ^a   Arquet, Rémy ^b   Kandassamy, Tony ^b   Mandonnet, Nathalie ^a   Hoste, Hervé ^c  

^a Unite de Recherches Zootechniques Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

^b INRA UE 467 ^*  (Guadeloupe)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Anthelmintics; Creole goat; Famacha method; Haemonchus contortus; Refugia; Sustainable parasite management

Indexed keywords

LEVAMISOLE; NETOBIMIN; POLYSTRONGLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GOAT; GRAZING; HAEMONCHUS; HEMATOCRIT; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WEANING;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; GUADELOUPE; HAEMONCHIASIS; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CAPRA HIRCUS; HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS;

EID: 34147162971     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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