Field effects of faecal residues from ivermectin slow-release boluses on the attractiveness of cattle dung to dung beetles

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 433-440

  Errouissi, F ^a   Lumaret, J P ^b  

^a University Tunis El Manar   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

Author keywords

Aphodiidae; Attraction; Dung faecal residues; Geotrupidae; Ivermectin; Non target effects; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BAIT; BEETLE; CATTLE; COLONIZATION; DROUGHT; FECES; IVERMECTIN; PITFALL TRAP; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

FRANCE;

ANIMALIA; APHODIINAE; BOS; COLEOPTERA; GEOTRUPIDAE; HEXAPODA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 78149398746     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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