Ecto- and Endoparasites of New World Camelids

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 295-310

  Ballweber, Lora Rickard ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic; Cestode; Ectoparasite; Nematode; Protozoa; Trematode

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTIODACTYLA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; INFESTATION; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; DRUG RESISTANCE; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; NEMATODA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL;

CAMELIDAE; CESTODA; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA; TREMATODA;

EID: 65549090854     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2009.02.003     Document Type: Review

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