Efficacy and blood sera analysis of a long-acting formulation of moxidectin against Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) on treated cattle

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 314-321

  Davey, Ronald B ^a   Pound, J Mathews ^a   Klavons, Jerome A ^a   Lohmeyer, Kimberly H ^a   Freeman, Jeanne M ^a   Perez De Leon, Adalberto A ^a   Miller, Robebt J ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

cattle fever tick; control; endectocide; macrocyclic lactone; moxidectin

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; MACROLIDE; MILBEMYCIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHIPICEPHALUS; TICK INFESTATION;

ACARICIDES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; MACROLIDES; RHIPICEPHALUS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOOPHILUS; BOS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 79952711639     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10154     Document Type: Article

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