Therapeutic efficacy of halofuginone and spiramycin treatment against Cryptosporidium serpentis (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) infections in captive snakes

Parasitology Research

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-148

  Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^a   Cranfield, Michael R ^b,c   Hill, Susan L ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Medical Department   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOFUGINONE; SPIRAMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSTATS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; INTESTINE, LARGE; INTESTINE, SMALL; PIPERIDINES; QUINAZOLINES; QUINAZOLINONES; SNAILS; SPIRAMYCIN; STOMACH;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; CRYPTOSPORIDIIDAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SERPENTIS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0030025723     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050085     Document Type: Article

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