Prevention of transmission of Ehrlichia canis by Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks to dogs treated with a combination of fipronil, amitraz and (S)-methoprene (CERTIFECT®)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 193, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 223-228

  Fourie, Josephus J ^a   Ollagnier, Catherine ^b   Beugnet, Frederic ^b   Luus, Herman G ^a   Jongejan, Frans ^c,d  

^a Universitas   (South Africa)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dog; Ehrlichia canis; Fipronil amitraz (S)methoprene; Prevention; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AMITRAZ PLUS FIPRONIL PLUS METHOPRENE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DOXYCYCLINE FOSFATEX;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; CANINE EHRLICHIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG EFFICACY; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EXPOSURE; FEVER; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SEROLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; INSECTICIDES; METHOPRENE; PYRAZOLES; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TOLUIDINES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 84873748886     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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