An evaluation of the relative efficacy of tulathromycin for the treatment of undifferentiated fever in feedlot calves in Nebraska

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 600-606

  Schunicht, Oliver C ^a   Booker, Calvin W ^a   Guichon, P Timothy ^a   Jim, G Kee ^a   Wildman, Brian K ^a   Pittman, Tom J ^a   Perrett, Tye ^a  

^a Feedlot Health Management Services Alberta   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DISACCHARIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLORFENICOL; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; THIAMPHENICOL; TULATHROMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; DISACCHARIDES; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; NEBRASKA; PASTEURELLOSIS, PNEUMONIC; RECURRENCE; THIAMPHENICOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; HISTOPHILUS SOMNI; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA;

EID: 34447132483     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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