Evaluation of antibiotics for treatment of cattle infected with Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar hardjo

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 219, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 636-639

  Alt, David P ^a   Zuerner, Richard L ^a   Bolin, Carole A ^b  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTIOFUR; DIHYDROSTREPTOMYCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; TILMICOSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BORGPETERSENII;

EID: 0035450960     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.219.636     Document Type: Article

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