Evaluation of the long-term efficacy and safety of an imidacloprid 10%/flumethrin 4.5% polymer matrix collar (Seresto®) in dogs and cats naturally infested with fleas and/or ticks in multicentre clinical field studies in Europe

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Stanneck, Dorothee ^a   Rass, Julia ^b   Radeloff, Isabel ^b   Kruedewagen, Eva ^a   Le Sueur, Christophe ^c   Hellmann, Klaus ^b   Krieger, Klemens ^a  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

^b Klifovet AG   (Germany)

^c Bayer Santé S A S   (France)

Author keywords

Archaeopsylla erinacei; Collar; Ctenocephalides canis; Ctenocephalides felis; Dermacentor reticulatus; Efficacy; Field; Fleas; Flumethrin; Imidacloprid; Ixodes hexagonus; Ixodes ricinus; Pulex irritans; Safety; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; FLUMETHRIN PLUS IMIDACLOPRID; SERESTO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLUMETHRIN; IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EUROPE; FLEA INFESTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; TICK INFESTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; CAT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; ECTOPARASITOSIS; FLEA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TICK;

ARCHAEOPSYLLA ERINACEI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES CANIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; PULEX IRRITANS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; EUROPE; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PYRETHRINS; SIPHONAPTERA; TICKS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859073158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-66     Document Type: Article

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