Control of gastrointestinal nematodes with copper oxide wire particles in a flock of lactating Polypay ewes and offspring in Iowa, USA

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 372-375

  Burke, J M ^a   Morrical, D ^b   Miller, J E ^c,d  

^a DALE BUMPERS SMALL FARMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper oxide; Ewes; Haemonchus contortus; Lambs; Parasites

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE; COPPER DERIVATIVE; IVERMECTIN; LIVER ENZYME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EWE; FEMALE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; COPPER; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; IOWA; LACTATION; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34247198827     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.03.013     Document Type: Article

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