Preliminary study on the acaricidal efficacy of spinosad administered orally to dogs infested with the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806) (Acari: Ixodidae)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 131-135

  Snyder, Daniel E ^a   Cruthers, Larry R ^b   Slone, Robyn L ^b  

^a ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b Research Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Acaricidal; Efficacy; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Spinosad; Tick

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; GELATIN; PLACEBO; SPINOSAD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; INFESTATION; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PILOT STUDY; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACARICIDES; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; MACROLIDES; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA SPINOSA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 70350236666     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.07.046     Document Type: Article

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