Pharmaceutical Control of Endoparasitic Helminth Infections in Sheep

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-156

  Sargison, Neil D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthelmintics; Endoparasites; Helminths; Pharmaceutics; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; INTESTINE INFECTION; REVIEW; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

OVIS ARIES; VERMES;

EID: 78650811782     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2010.10.014     Document Type: Review

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