Effect of halofuginone lactate on treatment and prevention of lamb cryptosporidiosis: An extensive field trial

Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 578-582

  Giadinis, N D ^a,c   Papadopoulos, E ^a   Panousis, N ^a   Papazahariadou, M ^a   Lafi, S Q ^b   Karatzias, H ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOCUR; HALOFUGINONE LACTATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HERD; LAMB; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; QUINAZOLINONES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 35848966349     PISSN: 01407783     EISSN: 13652885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2885.2007.00900.x     Document Type: Article

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