Postexposure management and treatment of anthrax in dogs - Executive councils of the American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics and the American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology

AAPS Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Langston, Cory ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Bioterrorism; Dog; Prevention; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; DOXYCYCLINE; ENROFLOXACIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G POTASSIUM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; VETERINARY DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; DEATH; DOG DISEASE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOCK; TOXEMIA; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DOG; ORGANIZATION; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ANIMALS; ANTHRAX; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DOGS; VETERINARY DRUGS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 33645505385     PISSN: 15221059     EISSN: 15221059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1208/aapsj070227     Document Type: Article

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