Comparative efficacy of imidacloprid, selamectin, fipronil - (S)-methoprene, and metaflumizone against cats experimentally infested with Ctenocephalides felis

Veterinary Therapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 176-183

  Schnieder, T ^a   Wolken, S ^a   Mencke, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; FIPRONIL; IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; IVERMECTIN; METAFLUMIZONE; METHOPRENE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; SELAMECTIN; SEMICARBAZONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLEA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TIME; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FLEAS; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; IVERMECTIN; MALE; METHOPRENE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PYRAZOLES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEMICARBAZONES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 53949105007     PISSN: 15283593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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