Overcoming macrocyclic lactone resistance in Haemonchus contortus with pulse dosing of levamisole

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 168, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 278-283

  Tyrrell, Kerri L ^a   LeJambre, Leo F ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Haemonchus contortus; Ivermectin; Levamisole; Macrocyclic lactone; Pulse dosing; Sheep

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; LEVAMISOLE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; HAEMONCHOSIS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; IVERMECTIN; LACTONES; LEVAMISOLE; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77349098262     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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