Treatment and Control of Ectoparasites in Sheep

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 203-212

  Plant, John W ^a   Lewis, Christopher J ^b  

^a Sheep Veterinary Services ^*  (Australia)

^b Sheep Veterinary Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blowfly; Control; Ectoparasites; Lice; Scab; Sheep; Treatment

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ECTOPARASITOSIS; MITE INFESTATION; PEDICULOSIS; REVIEW; SCABIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; INSECTICIDES; LICE INFESTATIONS; MITE INFESTATIONS; SCABIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; OVIS ARIES; PHTHIRAPTERA; PSOROPTES OVIS;

EID: 78650823476     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2010.10.012     Document Type: Review

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