Evaluation of parasiticidal activity of fenbendazole, ivermectin, oxibendazole, and pyrantel pamoate in horse foals with emphasis on ascarids (Parascaris equorum) in field studies on five farms in Central Kentucky in 2007

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 287-291

  Lyons, E T ^a   Tolliver, S C ^a   Ionita, M ^b   Collins, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIMAX; FENBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; OXIBENDAZOLE; PYRANTEL; PYRANTEL EMBONATE; ZIMECTRIN;

ARTICLE; ASCARID; ASCARIDICIDAL ACTIVITY; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EGG; FECES; FECES CULTURE; HORSE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASCARIS EQUORUM; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; ASCARIDOIDEA; BENZIMIDAZOLES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES; FENBENDAZOLE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IVERMECTIN; KENTUCKY; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PYRANTEL PAMOATE; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EQUIDAE; PARASCARIS EQUORUM; STRONGYLES;

EID: 44349137369     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0966-8     Document Type: Article

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