Resistance to benzoylphenyl urea insecticides in Australian populations of the sheep body louse

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 331-334

  Levot, G ^a   Sales, N ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Bovicola ovis; Diflubenzuron; Insect growth regulator; Resistance

Indexed keywords

DIFLUBENZURON; INSECTICIDE;

BENZENE; BIOASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; GROWTH REGULATOR; INSECTICIDE; LOUSE; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; SHEEP; UREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LOUSE; NYMPH; WOOL;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DIFLUBENZURON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; LICE; NYMPH; WOOL;

BOVICOLA OVIS; HEXAPODA; OVIS ARIES; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PHTHIRAPTERA; TRICHODECTIDAE;

EID: 56749098087     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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