Efficacy of a combination of febantel, pyrantel, and praziquantel for the treatment of kittens experimentally infected with Giardia species

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-13

  Scorza, Andrea V ^a,b   Radecki, Steven V ^a   Lappin, Michael R ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; FEBANTEL; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PYRANTEL;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TABLET; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; GUANIDINES; MALE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PYRANTEL; TABLETS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GIARDIA;

EID: 30744472939     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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