Flea and tick control in the 21st century: Challenges and opportunities

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 435-440

  Dryden, Michael Wayne ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; ECTOPARASITOSIS; EGG LAYING; FLEA; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN ALLERGY; TICK;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLEAS; INSECTICIDES; OVIPOSITION; TICKS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 73149088367     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2009.00838.x     Document Type: Article

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