Small strongyle infection: Consequences of larvicidal treatment of horses with fenbendazole and moxidectin

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 115-131

  Steinbach, Tanja ^a   Bauer, Christian ^a   Sasse, Hermann ^a   Baumgärtner, Wolfgang ^a   Rey Moreno, Cecilia ^a   Hermosilla, Carlos ^a   Damriyasa, I Made ^a   Zahner, Horst ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Fenbendazole; Histopathology; Horse; Larval cyathostominosis; Larvicidal treatment; Moxidectin; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

EQUEST; FENBENDAZOLE; GLOBULIN; IVERMECTIN; LARVICIDAL AGENT; MOXIDECTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LAMINA PROPRIA; LARVAL STAGE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE INJURY; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BODY WEIGHT; CD4-CD8 RATIO; FEMALE; FENBENDAZOLE; HORSES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LARVA; MACROLIDES; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STRONGYLE INFECTIONS, EQUINE; STRONGYLUS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 33646835078     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.03.028     Document Type: Article

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