Screening of five drugs for efficacy against Babesia felis in experimentally infected cats

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-57

  Penzhorn, B L ^a   Lewis, B D ^a   Lopez Rebollar L M ^b   Swan, G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Babesia felis; Buparvaquone; Cats; Chemotherapy; Danofloxacin; Enrofloxacin; Primaquine; Sul phadiazine; Trimethoprim

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; BUPARVAQUONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DANOFLOXACIN; ENROFLOXACIN; NORODINE 24; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PRIMAQUINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0033934582     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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