Managing anthelmintic resistance: Untreated adult ewes as a source of unselected parasites, and their role in reducing parasite populations

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 184-195

  Leathwick, D M ^a   Miller, C M ^a   Atkinson, D S ^a   Haack, N A ^a   Waghorn, T S ^a   Oliver, A M ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Ewes; Lambs; Larvae on pasture; Refugia

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HELMINTH; PARASITOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TIME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODIRUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 50049090063     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2008.36832     Document Type: Article

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