A flea and tick collar containing 10% imidacloprid and 4.5% flumethrin prevents flea transmission of Bartonella henselae in cats

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lappin, Michael R ^a   Davis, Wendell L ^b   Hawley, Jennifer R ^a   Brewer, Melissa ^a   Morris, Arianne ^a   Stanneck, Dorothee ^c  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

^c BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Ctenocephalides; Imidacloprid

Indexed keywords

ENROFLOXACIN; FLUMETHRIN; IMIDACLOPRID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLEA; HEART MURMUR; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; TICK;

ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CTENOCEPHALIDES; FLEA INFESTATIONS; IMIDAZOLES; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PYRETHRINS;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; IXODIDA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 84872774515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-26     Document Type: Article

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