Evaluation of florfenicol for the treatment of undifferentiated fever in feedlot calves in western Canada

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 555-560

  Booker, Calvin W ^a   Jim, G Kee ^a   Guichon, P Timothy ^a   Schunicht, Oliver C ^a   Thorlakson, Ben E ^b   Lockwood, Patrick W ^c  

^a Feedlot Health Management Services Alberta   (Canada)

^b Animal Research International   (Canada)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLORFENICOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; RELAPSE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEVER; MALE; RECURRENCE; THIAMPHENICOL;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0030763321     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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