Managing parasiticide resistance

Resistance to antiparasitic drugs is all too common in parasites of veterin ary interest. The fact that resistance has arisen in so many different spec ies of parasite and hosts against so many different drugs and in so many ge ographic areas suggests that the resistances may have common features. Such features may be useful in generating ideas for resistance management, Alth ough describing the nature and presence of resistance remains an important objective, there is now a pressing need to develop improved methods of dete ction of resistance and to devise schemes for integrated parasite managemen t (IPM). Multidisciplinary teams of researchers and extension workers are e xploring new ways to deal with the problem of resistance. (C) 2001 Publishe d by Elsevier Science B.V.