The relationship between the anticoccidial effects of clindamycin and the development of immunity in the Eimeria pragensis/mouse model of large intestinal coccidiosis

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-170

  Yunus, Muchammad ^a   Horii, Yoichiro ^a   Makimura, Susumu ^a   Smith, Adrian L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C57BL 6 mouse; Clindamycin; Degenerate endogenous stages; E. Pragensis; Oocyst production

Indexed keywords

EIMERIA;

CLINDAMYCIN; COCCIDIOSTATIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; COCCIDIOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EIMERIA; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNITY; LARGE INTESTINE; MALE; MOUSE; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CLINDAMYCIN; COCCIDIOSIS; COCCIDIOSTATS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EIMERIA; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; IMMUNITY; INTESTINE, LARGE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OOCYSTS;

EID: 16444382159     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.67.165     Document Type: Article

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