Statistical approach to measure the efficacy of anthelmintic treatment on horse farms

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 2027-2039

  Vidyashankar, A N ^a   Kaplan, R M ^b   Chan, S ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Beta binomial model; Bootstrap methods; Efficacy; Error rates; Horse; Logit normal model; Power

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; FARM ANIMAL; FECES ANALYSIS; HELMINTH; HORSE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG RESISTANCE; HELMINTHS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL;

EQUIDAE; NEMATODA;

EID: 36049012719     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200700340X     Document Type: Article

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