Anthelmintic resistant Haemonchus contortus in a giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) in Florida

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-139

  Garretson, Pamela D ^a,c   Hammond, Elizabeth E ^b   Craig, Thomas M ^a   Holman, Patricia J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lion Country Safari   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Giraffa camelopardalis; Giraffe; Haemonchosis; Haemonchus contortus; Molecular characterization; Ribosomal RNA

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FECES; HAEMONCHOSIS; HAEMONCHUS; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTHELMINTICS; ARTIODACTYLA; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES; FLORIDA; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; GIRAFFIDAE; HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LOXA;

EID: 65249123431     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2007-0094.1     Document Type: Article

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