The effect of sheep breed, age, and gender on the pharmacokinetics and efficacy of monepantel, an amino-acetonitrile derivative

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 367-375

  Hosking, Barry C ^a   Kaminsky, Ronald ^b   Sager, Heinz ^b   Karadzovska, Daniela ^a   Seewald, Wolfgang ^c   Giraudel, Jerome M ^b   Vercruysse, Jozef ^d  

^a Novartis Animal Health Australasia Pty Limited   (Australia)

^b Centre de Recherche Sante Animale   (Switzerland)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOACETONITRILE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; MONEPANTEL; MONEPANTEL SULFONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BREED; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERIA; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LAMB; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PEDIGREE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALIA; COOPERIA CURTICEI; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS AXEI; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

AGE FACTORS; AMINOACETONITRILE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; MALE; PEDIGREE; SEX FACTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 77949325485     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1671-y     Document Type: Article

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