Efficacy of difloxacin against respiratory infections of lambs

Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 325-328

  Mavrogianni, V S ^a   Fthenakis, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICURAL; DIFLOXACIN; TILMICOSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; LAMB; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUOROQUINOLONES; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; PASTEURELLOSIS, PNEUMONIC; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; MYCOPLASMA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 21244473059     PISSN: 01407783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2885.2005.00658.x     Document Type: Article

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