Comparative efficacy of diminazene diaceturate and diminazene aceturate for the treatment of babesiosis in horses

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 463-467

  Rashid, Hamad Bin ^a   Chaudhry, Mamoona ^a,c   Rashid, Haroon ^b   Pervez, Khalid ^a   Khan, Muhammad Arif ^a   Mahmood, Asim Khalid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Babesia caballi; Babesia equi; Babesiosis; Diminazene aceturate; Diminazene diaceturate; Equine Piroplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; DIMINAZENE; DIMINAZENE ACETURATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DIMINAZENE; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA CABALLI; BABESIA EQUI; EQUIDAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 46249117276     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-007-9121-2     Document Type: Article

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