Effects of faecal residues of moxidectin and doramectin on the activity of arthropods in cattle dung

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1551-1558

  Suárez, Víctor H ^a   Lifschitz, Adrián L ^b,c   Sallovitz, Juan M ^b,d   Lanusse, Carlos E ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Avermectins; Cattle; Doramectin; Dung fauna; Ecotoxicity; Endectocide; Moxidectin; Nematoda; Pour on

Indexed keywords

DORAMECTIN; MOXIDECTIN;

ARTHROPOD; CATTLE; COLONIZATION; FAUNA; FECES; NEMATODE; TOXICITY;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FAUNA; FECES; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ARTHROPODS; BEETLES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIPTERA; FECES; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; IVERMECTIN; MACROLIDES; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BOS; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 67349095663     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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