Therapeutic and prophylactic efficacy of imidocarb dipropionate on experimental Babesia ovis infection of lambs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 65-71

  Sevinc, Ferda ^a   Turgut, Kursat ^a   Sevinc, Mutlu ^a   Ekici, Ozlem Derinbay ^a   Coskun, Alparslan ^a   Koc, Yilmaz ^a   Erol, Muharrem ^a   Ica, Anil ^b  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Babesia ovis; Imidocarb dipropionate

Indexed keywords

IMIDOCARB DIPROPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA OVIS; BABESIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INOCULATION; LAMB; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITEMIA; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RANDOMIZATION; RECTUM TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; IMIDOCARB; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA OVIS; IXODIDA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34548591224     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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