Disintegration of Dung Pats from Cattle Treated with the Ivermectin Anthelmintic Bolus, or the Biocontrol Agent Duddingtonia flagrans

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

S-O Dimander¹  J Höglund¹  PJ Waller¹ 

[1] Department of Parasitology (SWEPAR), National Veterinary Institute and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

关键词: Duddingtonia flagrans;    biological control;    ivermectin;    disintegration;    faecal pat;    cattle;   

Others  :  790162
DOI  :  10.1186/1751-0147-44-171

 received in 2003-02-12, accepted in 2003-09-23,  发布年份 2003

   

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