Efficacy of an injectable combination anthelmintic (nitroxynil + clorsulon + ivermectin) against early immature Fasciola hepatica compared to triclabendazole combination flukicides given orally or topically to cattle

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 162, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 278-284

  Hutchinson, G W ^a,c   Dawson, K ^a   Fitzgibbon, C C ^a   Martin, P J ^b  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b Virbac (Australia) Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abamectin; Anthelmintics; Aspartate amino transferase; Cattle; Clorsulon; Combinations; Efficacy; Fasciola hepatica; Gamma glutamyl transpeptidase; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Ivermectin; Liver fluke; Nitroxynil; Serum enzymes; Triclabendazole

Indexed keywords

ABAMECTIN; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CLORSULON; FASIMEC C; FLUKAZOLE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GENESIS; GENESIS POUR ON; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; IVERMECTIN; LIVER ENZYME; NITROMEC; NITROXINIL; OXFENDAZOLE; SELENIUM; TRICLABENDAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; TREMATODIASIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; IVERMECTIN; MALE; NITROXINIL; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SULFANILAMIDES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA;

EID: 67349227442     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.03.032     Document Type: Article

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