Curative and preventive efficacy of orally administered afoxolaner against Ctenocephalides canis infestation in dogs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 201, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 212-215

  Dumont, Pascal ^a   Gale, Boyd ^b   Chester, Theodore S ^a   Larsen, Diane L ^a  

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

^b CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Afoxolaner; Ctenocephalides canis; Dog; Flea; Oral efficacy; Sustained speed of kill

Indexed keywords

AFOXOLANER; NEXGARD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEAGLE; CHEWABLE TABLET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FLEA BITE; IMAGO; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFECTION; REINFESTATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CTENOCEPHALIDES CANIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

AFOXOLANER; CTENOCEPHALIDES CANIS; DOG; FLEA; ORAL EFFICACY; SUSTAINED SPEED OF KILL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FLEA INFESTATIONS; ISOXAZOLES; MALE; NAPHTHALENES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITE LOAD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898059402     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.02.014     Document Type: Article

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