Effects of moxidectin on coprophagous insects in cattle dung pats in Japan

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 271-280

  Iwasa, Mitsuhiro ^a   Suzuki, Natsuki ^a   Maruyama, Mikiko ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caccobius jessoensis; Haematobia irritans; Japan; Moxidectin; Neomyia cornicina

Indexed keywords

BOS; CACCOBIUS (BEETLE); COLEOPTERA; HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS; HEXAPODA; NEOMYIA CORNICINA; SCIARIDAE; SPHAEROCERIDAE;

EID: 50449083192     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2008.271     Document Type: Article

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