Administration of diminazene aceturate or imidocarb dipropionate for treatment of cytauxzoonosis in cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 215, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 497-500

  Greene, Craig E ^a   Latimer, Ken ^a   Hopper, Elizabeth ^a,c   Shoeffler, Gretchen ^a,d   Lower, Kim ^a   Cullens, Fredrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

^c School of Veterinary Medicine ^*  (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMINAZENE ACETURATE; IMIDOCARB DIPROPIONATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAT; DEHYDRATION; FATALITY; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; JAUNDICE; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIMINAZENE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HEPARIN; IMIDOCARB; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PIROPLASMIDA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CYTAUXZOON FELIS; FELIS CATUS; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS;

EID: 0033566943     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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