Efficacy of decoquinate against Neospora caninum tachyzoites in cell cultures

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 35-40

  Lindsay, David S ^a   Butler, Jamie M ^a   Blagburn, Byron L ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decoquinate; efficacy; mode of action; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

DECOQUINATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CELLS, CULTURED; COCCIDIOSIS; COCCIDIOSTATS; DECOQUINATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARVA; MALE; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RUMINANTS; SKIN;

EID: 0030932452     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01054-0     Document Type: Article

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