Failure of two consecutive annual treatments with ivermectin to eradicate the reindeer parasites (Hypoderma tarandi, Cephenemyia trompe and Linguatula arctica) from an island in northern Norway

The highly efficient endectocide ivermectin is used to reduce the burden of parasites in many semidomestic reindeer herds in northern Fennoscandia. In the autumn of 1995 and 1996 all reindeer on the island of Silda (42 km2) were treated with ivermectin in an attempt to eradicate the warble fly (Hypo...

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Main Authors: Arne C. Nilssen, Willy Hemmingsen, Rolf E. Haugerud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2002-03-01
Series:Rangifer
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Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1530