Swiss Researchers Encourage Modern Parasite Control Methods
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
July 14, 2017
Using their “check-before-treat” program, scientists are finding record-low equine parasite burdens in Switzerland.
Using their “check-before-treat” program, scientists are finding record-low equine parasite burdens in Switzerland.
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