Efficacy of an injectable, sustained-release formulation of moxidectin in preventing experimental heartworm infection in mongrel dogs challenged 12 months after administration

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 129-135

  Lok, James B ^a   Knight, David H ^a   Nolan, Thomas J ^a   Grubbs, Steven T ^b   Cleale, Ralph M ^b   Heaney, Kathleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ZOETIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Heartworm; Mongrel dogs; Moxidectin; Sustained realease formulation

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ENROFLOXACIN; MICROSPHERE; MOXIDECTIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DOG; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; HEART; HEMATOCHEZIA; INOCULATION; LARVA; LUNG; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PALPATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUSTAINED RELEASE FORMULATION; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THORACIC CAVITY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS;

EID: 13844267486     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.11.010     Document Type: Article

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