Evaluation of the efficacy of afoxolaner against two European dog tick species: Dermacentor reticulatus and Ixodes ricinus

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 201, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 216-219

  Dumont, Pascal ^a   Blair, Jeffrey ^a   Fourie, Josephus J ^b   Chester, Theodore S ^a   Larsen, Diane L ^a  

^a BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^b ClinVet International   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Afoxolaner; Dermacentor reticulatus; Dog; Ixodes ricinus; Tick

Indexed keywords

AFOXOLANER; NEXGARD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACARICIDAL ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEAGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; MONGREL DOG; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CLEARANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TICK INFESTATION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

AFOXOLANER; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; DOG; IXODES RICINUS; TICK;

ACARICIDES; ANIMALS; DERMACENTOR; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; ISOXAZOLES; IXODES; MALE; NAPHTHALENES; PARASITE LOAD; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TICK INFESTATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898059162     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.02.017     Document Type: Article

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