Preliminary evaluation of antimicrobial agents for treatment of Leptospira interrogans serovar pomona infection in hamsters and swine

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-62

  Alt, David P ^a   Bolin, Carole A ^a  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTIOFUR; DIHYDROSTREPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; TYLOSIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; HAMSTER; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; SWINE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 0030032478     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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