Effects of a neem seed extract (MiteStop®) on mallophages (featherlings) of chicken: In vivo and in vitro studies

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 617-622

  Al Quraishy, Saleh ^a   Abdel Ghaffar, Fathy ^b   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^a   Mehlhorn, Julia ^c   Mehlhorn, Heinz ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; INSECT REPELLENT; MITESTOP; TAP WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBLYCERA; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COLUMBICOLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ECTOPARASITOSIS; FEATHER; FEMALE; FOWL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; ISCHNOCERA; LIPEURUS CAPONIS; MALE; MALLOPHAGA; MENOPON GALLINAE; NIT; NONHUMAN; PEDICULOSIS; PHILOPTERUS THURINGIACUS; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOMICROSCOPY;

AMBLYCERA; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLYCERIDES; INSECTICIDES; ISCHNOCERA; LICE INFESTATIONS; TERPENES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AVES; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; COLUMBICOLA; GALLIFORMES; LIPEURUS CAPONIS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 84857062917     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2533-y     Document Type: Article

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