Treatment of horses with cypermethrin against the biting flies Culicoides nubeculosus, Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 169, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 165-171

  Papadopoulos, E ^a   Rowlinson, M ^b   Bartram, D ^c   Carpenter, S ^d   Mellor, P ^d   Wall, R ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ZOETIS   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biting flies; Horses; Insecticide; Midge; Mosquito; Pyrethroid

Indexed keywords

CIPERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

ABDOMEN; AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACK; BODY REGIONS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HAIR; HORSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECT BITE; LEG; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PROTECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AEDES; ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULEX; DIPTERA; FEMALE; HORSES; INSECTICIDES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PYRETHRINS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77951143542     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.12.023     Document Type: Article

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