Efficacy of anthelmintic baiting of foxes against Echinococcus multilocularis in northern Japan

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 122-126

  Takahashi, Kenichi ^a   Uraguchi, Kohji ^a   Hatakeyama, Hideki ^b   Giraudoux, Patrick ^c   Romig, Thomas ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b BAYER YAKUHIN LTD   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baiting; Control; Echinococcus multilocularis; Praziquantel; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANTHELMINTIC BAITING; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; VULPES VULPES;

CANIDAE; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

BAITING; CONTROL; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; PRAZIQUANTEL; VULPES VULPES;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; FOXES; JAPAN; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885478122     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.08.006     Document Type: Article

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