Resistance to macrocyclic lactone anthelmintics and associated risk factors on sheep farms in the lower north island of New Zealand

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 177-183

  Hughes, P L ^a   Dowling, A F ^a   Callinan, A P L ^b  

^a Taihape Veterinary Services   (New Zealand)

^b Bendigo Scientific Data Analysts   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; FECRT; Macrocyclic lactone; Management; Modelling; Refugia; Sheep; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; IVERMECTIN; LEVAMISOLE; MACROLIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEASON; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; IVERMECTIN; LEVAMISOLE; MACROLIDES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 34548050203     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2007.36764     Document Type: Article

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