Isometamidium concentrations in the sera of cattle maintained under a chemoprophylactic regime in a tsetse-infested area of Zimbabwe

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 535-541

  Eisler, M C ^a   Maruta, J ^b   Nqindi, J ^c   Connor, R J ^d   Ushewokunze Obatolu, U ^c   Holmes, P H ^a   Peregrine, A S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c Veterinary Research Laboratory Zimbabwe   (Zimbabwe)

^d Regl Tsetse Trypanosomosis C   (Zimbabwe)

^e INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Bovine trypanosomiasis; ELISA; Isometamidium chloride; Trypanocidal chemoprophylaxis; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ISOMETAMIDIUM; ISOMETAMIDIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MONITORING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLOSSINA; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0029835620     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1996.d01-87.x     Document Type: Article

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