Reduced activity of moxidectin and ivermectin on small strongyles in young horses on a farm (BC) in Central Kentucky in two field tests with notes on variable counts of eggs per gram of feces (EPGs)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1315-1319

  Lyons, Eugene T ^a   Tolliver, Sharon C ^a   Collins, Sandra S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; MOXIDECTIN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; EGG PARASITOID; FECES ANALYSIS; FIELD STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRONGYLOIDEA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; FECES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IVERMECTIN; KENTUCKY; MACROLIDES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EQUIDAE; STRONGYLES;

EID: 79956225737     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2225-z     Document Type: Article

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