Efficacy of an imidacloprid/flumethrin collar against fleas and ticks on cats

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Stanneck, Dorothee ^a   Kruedewagen, Eva M ^a   Fourie, Josephus J ^b   Horak, Ivan G ^c,d   Davis, Wendell ^e   Krieger, Klemens J ^a  

^a BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^b Universitas   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats; Collars; Efficacy; Fleas; Flumethrin; Imidacloprid; Safety; Ticks

Indexed keywords

FLUMETHRIN; IMIDACLOPRID;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS FELIS; EGG; FLEA; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; IXODES RICINUS; LARVA; NONHUMAN; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS; TICK;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS FELIS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS TURANICUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 84862158366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-82     Document Type: Article

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