Efficacy of a topically applied spot-on formulation of a novel insecticide, metaflumizone, applied to cats against a flea strain (KS1) with documented reduced susceptibility to various insecticides

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-79

  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

Adulticidal Efficacy; Cat flea; Ctenocephalides felis felis; Fipronil; Metaflumizone; ProMeris

Indexed keywords

FIPRONIL; FIPRONIL PLUS METHOPRENE; FRONTLINE PLUS; INSECTICIDE; METAFLUMIZONE; METHOPRENE; SEMICARBAZONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FLEA; INFESTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FLEAS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; MALE; PYRAZOLES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEMICARBAZONES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

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

EID: 37749005266     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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