Evaluation of bithionol as a bath treatment for amoebic gill disease caused by Neoparamoeba spp.

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 197-207

  Florent, Renee L ^a   Becker, Joy A ^a   Powell, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amoebic gill disease; Bithionol; Efficacy; Neoparamoeba spp.; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Protozoan parasite; Salmo salar; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); BITHIONOL; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMOEBA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; GILL; LETHALITY; MORBIDITY; NEOPARAMOEBA; NONHUMAN; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RAINBOW TROUT; TOXICITY;

AMEBIASIS; AMEBICIDES; AMOEBIDA; ANIMALS; BITHIONOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; GILLS; MALE; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMO SALAR;

NEOPARAMOEBA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PROTOZOA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 33847033723     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.10.018     Document Type: Article

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