Giardiosis in camels (Camelus dromedarius)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 350-352

  Al Jabr, O A ^a   Mohammed, G E ^a   Al Hamdan, B A ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; MULTIVITAMIN; NEODIARISTIN; OXY KEL 20 LA; OXYTETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLOTATION; GASTRITIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SAUDI ARABIA; TROPHOZOITE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; GIARDIA;

EID: 26044435127     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.157.12.350     Document Type: Article

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