Efficacy of selamectin and fipronil-(S)-methoprene spot-on formulations applied to cats against adult cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis), flea eggs, and adult flea emergence

Veterinary Therapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 255-262

  Dryden, Michael ^a   Payne, Patricia ^a   Smith, Vicki ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

DRUG DERIVATIVE; FIPRONIL; INSECTICIDE; IVERMECTIN; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; SELAMECTIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FLEA; INFESTATION; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LARVA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLEAS; INSECTICIDES; IVERMECTIN; LARVA; PYRAZOLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39749132902     PISSN: 15283593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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