Efficacy of fipronil (9.8% w/w) + (S)-methoprene (8.8% w/w) and imidacloprid (8.8% w/w) + permethrin (44% w/w) against Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick) on dogs

Veterinary Therapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-25

  Dryden, M W ^a   Payne, P A ^a   McBride, A ^a   Mailen, S ^a   Smith, V ^a   Carithers, D ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIPRONIL; IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; METHOPRENE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PERMETHRIN; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMALS; DERMACENTOR; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; MALE; METHOPRENE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PERMETHRIN; PYRAZOLES; TICK INFESTATIONS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA;

EID: 42149085593     PISSN: 15283593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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