Development and application of a delayed-release anthelmintic intra-ruminal bolus system for experimental manipulation of nematode worm burdens

Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1086-1092

  Carlsson, Anja M ^a,b,c   Wilson, Kenneth ^a   Irvine, R Justin ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

anthelmintic experiment; nematode; parasite host interaction; ruminant

Indexed keywords

ABAMECTIN; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BOLUS INJECTION; CONTROLLED RELEASE FORMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MARSHALLAGIA MARSHALLI; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED DEER; REINDEER; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; SLOW RELEASE FORMULATION; WINTER; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CAPSULES; CATHETERIZATION; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IVERMECTIN; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; REINDEER; RUMEN; SEASONS; SVALBARD; TIME FACTORS; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; MARSHALLAGIA MARSHALLI; OVIS ARIES; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 84863820490     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182012000406     Document Type: Article

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