A comparative study of the effects of four treatment regimes on ivermectin efficacy, body weight and pasture contamination in lambs naturally infected with gastrointestinal nematodes in Scotland

International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-84

  Kenyon, Fiona ^a   McBean, David ^a   Greer, Andrew W ^a,c   Burgess, Charlotte G S ^a   Morrison, Alison A ^a   Bartley, David J ^a   Bartley, Yvonne ^a   Devin, Leigh ^a   Nath, Mintu ^b   Jackson, Frank ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Gastrointestinal nematodes; Refugia; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE; FENBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BOOTSTRAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GRAZING; HARVEST; HELMINTHIASIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAMB; MALE; METAPHYLACTIC TREATMENT; NEMATODE; NEOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; PASTURELAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES REFUGE; STRATEGIC PROPHYLACTIC TREATMENT; TARGETED SELECTIVE TREATMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; WORM;

EID: 84876326458     PISSN: 22113207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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