Efficacy of an imidacloprid 10 % / flumethrin 4.5 % collar (seresto®, bayer) for preventing the transmission of cytauxzoon felis to domestic cats by amblyomma americanum

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Reichard, Mason V ^a   Thomas, Jennifer E ^a   Arther, Robert G ^b   Hostetler, Joseph A ^b   Raetzel, Kara L ^b   Meinkoth, James H ^a   Little, Susan E ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; FLUMETHRIN PLUS IMIDACLOPRID; SERESTO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTAUXZOON FELIS; CYTAUXZOON FELIS INFECTION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DOMESTIC CAT; DRUG EFFICACY; LUNG; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZONT; SPLEEN; TICK INFESTATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; BLOOD; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; IMIDAZOLES; INSECT REPELLENTS; IXODES; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PARASITE LOAD; PIROPLASMIDA; PLACEBOS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERS; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; PYRETHRINS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893086151     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-013-3277-7     Document Type: Article

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