Evaluation of fenbendazole for treatment of Giardia infection in cats concurrently infected with Cryptosporidium parvum

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1027-1029

  Keith, Carey L ^a   Radecki, Steven V ^b   Lappin, Michael R ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES; FENBENDAZOLE; GIARDIASIS;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FELIS CATUS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 0042622377     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2003.64.1027     Document Type: Article

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