Fasciola hepatica: A comparative survey of adult fluke resistance to triclabendazole, nitroxynil and closantel on selected upland and lowland sheep farms in Northern Ireland using faecal egg counting, coproantigen ELISA testing and fluke histology

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 207, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 34-43

  Hanna, R E B ^a   McMahon, C ^a   Ellison, S ^b   Edgar, H W ^a   Kajugu, P E ^a   Gordon, A ^a   Irwin, D ^a   Barley, J P ^a   Malone, F E ^a   Brennan, G P ^b   Fairweather, I ^b  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coproantigen ELISA reduction test; Faecal egg count reduction test; Fasciola hepatica; Histology; Nitroxynil and closantel; Triclabendazole resistance

Indexed keywords

CLOSANTEL; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; NITROXINIL EGLUMINE; TRICLABENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NITROXINIL; SALICYLANILIDE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GENITAL SYSTEM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHEEP FARMING; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES; FEMALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TUNEL ASSAY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALIA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; NITROXINIL; NORTHERN IRELAND; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SALICYLANILIDES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 84920574904     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.11.016     Document Type: Article

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