Application of 10% imidacloprid/50% permethrin to prevent Ehrlichia canis exposure in dogs under natural conditions

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 320-328

  Otranto, Domenico ^a   Paradies, Paola ^a   Testini, Gabriella ^a   Latrofa, Maria Stefania ^a   Weigl, Stefania ^a   Cantacessi, Cinzia ^a   Mencke, Norbert ^b   de Caprariis, Donato ^a   Parisi, Antonio ^c   Capelli, Gioia ^d   Stanneck, Dorothee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA PUGLIA E DELLA BASILICATA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaplasma platys; Efficacy; Ehrlichia canis; Field trial; Imidacloprid; Permethrin; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Tick borne diseases

Indexed keywords

IMIDACLOPRID; PERMETHRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; ITALY; MALE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PERMETHRIN; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; IXODIDA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 42449164616     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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