Therapeutic and persistent efficacy of a long-acting (LA) formulation of ivermectin against Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) and sera concentration through time in treated cattle

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 169, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 149-156

  Davey, Ronald B ^a   Pound, J Mathews ^a   Miller, J Allen ^a   Klavons, Jerome A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle fever tick; Control; Endectocides; Ivermectin; Macrocyclic lactones; Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; IVOMEC GOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; CALF (BOVINE); CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG FORMULATION; ECTOPARASITOSIS; FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE CONTROL; PLASMA CONCENTRATION-TIME CURVE; PROTECTION; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; IVERMECTIN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RHIPICEPHALUS; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOOPHILUS; BOS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 77951092756     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.12.040     Document Type: Article

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