Anthelmintic efficacy on UK Thoroughbred stud farms

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 507-514

  Relf, Valerie E ^a,d   Lester, Hannah E ^a   Morgan, Eric R ^b   Hodgkinson, Jane E ^c   Matthews, Jacqueline B ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthelmintics; Egg reappearance period; Faecal egg count reduction test; Horse; Nematodes; Resistance

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; MOXIDECTIN; PYRANTEL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

DRUG RESISTANCE; EGG; FARM; FECES; HORSE; NEMATODE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MARE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PARASCARIS EQUORUM; PARASITE CONTROL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STRONGYLE INFECTION; STUD; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; FECES; HORSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; STRONGYLE INFECTIONS, EQUINE; STRONGYLUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; FECES; GREAT BRITAIN; HORSES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; STRONGYLE INFECTIONS, EQUINE; STRONGYLUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903637303     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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