New strategies for the control of arthropod vectors of disease in dogs and cats

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-302

  Otranto, D ^a   Wall, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthropod borne diseases; Arthropods; Cats; Dogs; Modelling; Mosquitoes; Sandflies; Ticks; Treatment; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE; ENTOMOLOGY; INSECTICIDE; MAMMAL; MOSQUITO; VACCINE;

ANIMAL; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; INSECT CONTROL;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 56549105045     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00741.x     Document Type: Review

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