Experimental cyathostome challenge of ponies maintained with or without benefit of daily pyrantel tartrate feed additive: Comparison of parasite burdens, immunity and colonic pathology

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 74, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 229-241

  Monahan, C M ^a   Chapman, M R ^b   Taylor, H W ^a   French, D D ^b   Klei, T R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic treatment; Chemotherapy; Cyathostomes; Encysted larvae; Equine parasites; Horse parasites; Large strongyles; Pyrantel tartrate; Small strongyles

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; OXIBENDAZOLE; PYRANTEL TARTRATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CECUM; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNITY; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; STRONGYLOIDEA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CECUM; COLON; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IVERMECTIN; MALE; PYRANTEL TARTRATE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; STRONGYLOIDEA;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; NEMATODA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A; STRONGYLES; STRONGYLOIDEA;

EID: 0032583778     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00095-2     Document Type: Article

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