Elimination of Dirofilaria (syn. nochtiella) repens microfilariae in dogs with monthly treatments of moxidectin 2.5%/imidacloprid 10% (Advocate®, Bayer) spot-on

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1141-1149

  Fok, Éva ^a   Jacsó, Olga ^a   Szebeni, Zsolt ^b   Győrffy, András ^c   Sükösd, László ^d   Lukács, Zoltán ^e   Schaper, Roland ^f  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Misina Dog Shelter   (Hungary)

^c Small Animal Ambulance   (Hungary)

^d Csepel Health Service   (Hungary)

^e Bayer Hungaria Ltd   (Hungary)

^f BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVOCATE; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; IMIDACLOPRID PLUS MOXIDECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUNGARY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS;

EID: 77953290061     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1783-4     Document Type: Article

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