Prevention of transmission of Babesia canis by Dermacentor reticulatus ticks to dogs treated with an imidacloprid/flumethrin collar

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 192, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 273-278

  Fourie, Josephus J ^a   Stanneck, Dorothee ^b   Jongejan, Frans ^c,d  

^a Universitas   (South Africa)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Babesia canis; Collar; Dermacentor reticulatus; Flumethrin; Imidacloprid; Ticks; Transmission blocking

Indexed keywords

FLUMETHRIN; IMIDACLOPRID; IMIDOCARB DIPROPIONATE; PARASITE ANTIBODY; ACARICIDE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; DOG; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PIROPLASMOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE LINE BLOT HYBRIDIZATION; ANIMAL; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; DERMACENTOR; DOG DISEASES; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TICK INFESTATIONS; TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERINARY;

BABESIA CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; IXODIDA;

ACARICIDES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DERMACENTOR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYRETHRINS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871688136     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.10.017     Document Type: Article

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