A computer simulation study to evaluate resistance development with a derquantel-abamectin combination on UK sheep farms

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 244-253

  Learmount, J ^a   Taylor, M A ^a   Bartram, D J ^b  

^a FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic; Derquantel; Haemonchus; Macrocyclic lactone; Model; Nematode; Resistance; Simulation; Teladorsagia; Trichostrongylus

Indexed keywords

ABAMECTIN; DERQUANTEL;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FARM ANIMAL; GENE FREQUENCY; HAEMONCHUS; INFECTION CONTROL; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; SHEEP; TELADORSAGIA SPECIES; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HELMINTHS; INDOLES; IVERMECTIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXEPINS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

HAEMONCHUS; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 84860672154     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.12.033     Document Type: Article

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