Anthelmintic-resistant nematodes in Irish commercial sheep flocks- The state of play

Irish Veterinary Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Good, Barbara ^a   Hanrahan, James Patrick ^a   De Waal, Daniel Theodorus ^b   Patten, Thomas ^a,b   Kinsella, Andrew ^c   Lynch, Ciaran Oliver ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UCD Veterinary Sciences Centre School of Veterinary Medicine University College Dublin ^*

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Benzimidazole; FECRT; Ivermectin; Levamizole; MALDT; Nematodes; Sheep ireland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896720442     PISSN: 03680762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-0481-65-21     Document Type: Article

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