Parascaris equorum in foals and in their environment on a Swedish stud farm, with notes on treatment failure of ivermectin

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 151, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 337-343

  Lindgren, K ^a   Ljungvall, Ö ^b   Nilsson, O ^b   Ljungstrom B L ^b   Lindahl, C ^a   Hoglund J ^c  

^a Swedish Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering (JTI)   (Sweden)

^b Vidilab ^*  (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Epidemiology; Foals; Horse nematoda; Soil

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; PYRANTEL EMBONATE; PYRANTEL TARTRATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EGG PARASITOID; FARM ANIMAL; FOAL; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASCARIS EQUORUM; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SOIL ANALYSIS; STUD; SWEDEN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; ASCARIDOIDEA; FECES; FEMALE; FENBENDAZOLE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IVERMECTIN; LARVA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PYRANTEL; SOIL; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EQUIDAE; NEMATODA; PARASCARIS EQUORUM;

EID: 38049115424     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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