Control of the sheep scab mite Psoroptes ovis in vivo and in vitro using fungal pathogens

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 148, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 310-317

  Abolins, S ^a   Thind, B ^b   Jackson, V ^b   Luke, B ^c   Moore, D ^c   Wall, R ^a   Taylor, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c CABI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beauveria bassiana; Biological control; Fungus; Metarhizium anisopliae; Psoroptes ovis; Sheep scab

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; FUNGUS SPORE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION RATE; INFESTATION; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PSOROPTES OVIS; PSOROPTIDAE; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BEAUVERIA; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; METARHIZIUM; MITE INFESTATIONS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PSOROPTIDAE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SKIN;

ACARI; CORDYCEPS BASSIANA; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; OVIS ARIES; PSOROPTES; PSOROPTES OVIS;

EID: 34548031637     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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