Assessment of benzimidazole resistance in Haemonchus contortus in sheep flocks in Ontario, Canada: Comparison of detection methods for drug resistance

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 159-165

  Barrere, V ^a   Falzon, L C ^b   Shakya, K P ^b   Menzies, P I ^b   Peregrine, A S ^b   Prichard, R K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benzimidazole resistance; Detection; Genetic markers; Haemonchus contortus; Pyrosequencing

Indexed keywords

BENDAZOL; BETA TUBULIN; FENBENDAZOLE; TIABENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BETA TUBULIN GENE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECAL EGG COUNT REDUCTION TEST; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAEMONCHOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PYROSEQUENCING; SHEEP;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

BENZIMIDAZOLE RESISTANCE; DETECTION; GENETIC MARKERS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; PYROSEQUENCING;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; LARVA; ONTARIO; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 84885477564     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.07.040     Document Type: Article

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