Field trial on the therapeutic efficacy of paromomycin on natural Cryptosporidium parvum infections in lambs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 163-170

  Viu, M ^a   Quilez J ^a   Sanchez Acedo C ^a   Del Cacho, E ^a   Lopez Bernad F ^a  

^a Lab Genet Bioquim Grupos S   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Cryptosporidium parvum; Paromomycin; Sheep protozoa

Indexed keywords

PAROMOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; LAMB; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PAROMOMYCIN; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPAIN; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034720801     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00241-7     Document Type: Article

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