The management of anthelmintic resistance in grazing ruminants in Australasia-strategies and experiences

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 44-54

  Leathwick, D M ^a   Besier, R B ^b  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Combination; Nematode control; Quarantine; Refugia

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CATTLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COST; DRUG UNDERDOSE; EWE; HORSE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LAMB; MONOCULTURE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PASTURE; SHEEP; SPECIES REFUGE;

BOS; EQUIDAE; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

ANTHELMINTIC RESISTANCE; COMBINATION; NEMATODE CONTROL; QUARANTINE; REFUGIA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; AUSTRALASIA; DRUG RESISTANCE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; RUMINANTS;

EID: 84904389080     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.12.022     Document Type: Article

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