Efficacy of morantel sustained release trilaminate bolus against gastrointestinal nematodes in grazing dairy calves in Kenya

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 129-140

  Waruiru, R M ^a   Weda, E H ^a   Bogh H O ^b   Munyua, W K ^a   Gathuma, J M ^a   Thamsborg, S M ^b   Nansen, P ^b  

^a University of Nairobi Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; MORANTEL; PEPSINOGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINE INFECTION; KENYA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; KENYA; MORANTEL; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PEPSINOGENS; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031204412     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02633008     Document Type: Article

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