Influence of timing of endectocidic antiparasitic treatment on its efficacy in overwintering reindeer

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Author: Oksanen, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1996
• Subjects: reindeer; antiparasitic treatment; treatment efficacy; ivermectin; avermectin; warbles; throat bots; trichostrongylids; Hypoderma tarandi; Cephenemyia trompe; Rangifer tarandus; Kaamanen; Rangifer
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1209; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.16.3.1209

To find out if timing of endectocidic antiparasitic treatment is critical for its efficacy in overwintering reindeer, 72 hinds of the Kaamanen Experimental Reindeer Herd were randomly allocated to four groups. Three groups received ivermecrin mixture orally once at a dose of 200 pg/kg, either in Sep...