Field study of the efficacy of halofuginone and decoquinate in the treatment of crytosporidiosis in veal calves

Veterinary Record

Volumn 159, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 672-677

  Lallemond, M ^a   Villeneuve, A ^a   Belda, J ^b   Dubreuil, P ^a  

^a Center Hospitalier Universitaire Vétérinaire de St Hyacinthe   (Canada)

^b Délimax Vigortone   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BROMHEXINE; COLISTIN; DECOQUINATE; DOXYCYCLINE; HALOFUGINONE; OXOLINIC ACID; SULFADIAZINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VETERINARY DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 37849185848     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.159.20.672     Document Type: Article

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