Area-wide impact of macrocyclic lactone parasiticides in cattle dung

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Wall, R ^a   Beynon, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle; Community structure; Decomposition; Dung; Insect; Macrocyclic lactone; Mitigation

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; LACTONE;

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CATTLE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXCRETION; FARMING SYSTEM; INSECT; INSECTICIDE; LABORATORY METHOD; MITIGATION; PASTURE; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FECES; POLLUTANT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FECES; LACTONES;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BOS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84856217157     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.00984.x     Document Type: Review

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