Effects of lufenuron treatment in cats on the establishment and course of Microsporum canis infection following exposure to infected cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 222, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1216-1220

  DeBoer, Douglas J ^a   Moriello, Karen A ^a   Blum, Jenifer L ^a   Volk, Lynn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBANILAMIDE DERIVATIVE; LUFENURON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MICROSPORUM CANIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCORING SYSTEM; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BENZAMIDES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MICROSPORUM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CANIS; FELIS CATUS; FUNGI; MICROSPORUM; MICROSPORUM CANIS;

EID: 0037408138     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.222.1216     Document Type: Article

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