Mites and Lice: Biology and Control

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1159-1171

  Arther, Robert G ^a  

^a Bayer HealthCare   (United States)

Author keywords

Acaricide; Insecticide; Lice; Mange; Mites; Pediculosis

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; ADVANTAGE MULTI; AMITRAZ; AVERMECTIN; FIPRONIL; FRONTLINE; IMIDACLOPRID; INSECTICIDE; INTERCEPTOR; IVERMECTIN; MACROLIDE; MILBEMYCIN; MOXIDECTIN; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID; PYRIPROXYFEN; REVOLUTION; SELAMECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CAT; DEMODEX; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOG; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; LOUSE; MITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PEDICULOSIS; REVIEW; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; TROMBICULIDAE;

ACARICIDES; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; INSECTICIDES; LICE; LICE INFESTATIONS; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES;

ACARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 72149130981     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2009.06.009     Document Type: Review

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