Assessment of plasma concentrations of doxycycline in budgerigars fed medicated seed or water

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 223, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 993-998

  Flammer, Keven ^a   Trogdon, Maureen M ^a,b   Papich, Mark ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE HYCLATE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIRD DISEASES; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; MALE; PARROTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; MELOPSITTACUS;

EID: 0141651740     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.223.993     Document Type: Article

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