Efficacy of a topically applied formulation of metaflumizone on cats against the adult cat flea, flea egg production and hatch, and adult flea emergence

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-267

  Dryden, Michael ^a   Payne, Patricia ^a   Lowe, Amy ^a   Mailen, Sara ^a   Smith, Vicki ^a   Rugg, Douglas ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZOETIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Cat flea; Ctenocephalides felis felis; Egg production; Metaflumizone; ProMeris

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; METAFLUMIZONE; PROMERIS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FLEA; HATCHING; INFESTATION; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZATION; REINFECTION; TOPICAL TREATMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FLEAS; INSECTICIDES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEMICARBAZONES;

ANIMALIA; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS FELIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 36049024117     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.08.043     Document Type: Article

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