Efficacy of azithromycin dihydrate in treatment of cryptosporidiosis in naturally infected dairy calves

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 590-593

  Elitok, Bülent ^a   Elitok, Özgül M ^b   Pulat, Hüseyin ^c  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Agriculture Researching Institute   (Turkey)

^c DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Cattle; Pathogen; Protozoan; Therapy

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; COCCIDIOSTATIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AZITHROMYCIN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSTATS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; OOCYSTS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 23744505461     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2005)19[590:EOADIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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