Efficacy of ronidazole for treatment of feline Tritrichomonas foetus infection

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 536-543

  Gookin, Jody L ^a   Copple, Christina N ^a   Papich, Mark G ^a   Poore, Matthew F ^a   Stauffer, Stephen H ^a   Birkenheuer, Adam J ^a   Twedt, David C ^b   Levy, Michael G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Colitis; Diarrhea; Metronidazole; Nitroimidazole; Tinidazole

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; PROTOZOAL DNA; RONIDAZOLE; TINIDAZOLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIARRHEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; MASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; METRONIDAZOLE; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RONIDAZOLE; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TINIDAZOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 33646842047     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2006)20[536:EORFTO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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