A comparison of florfenicol and tulathromycin for the treatment of undifferentiated fever in feedlot calves

Veterinary Therapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 128-140

  Perrett, Tye ^a   Abutarbush, Sameeh M ^b   Wildman, Brian K ^a   Fuchs, Maria T ^a   Schunicht, Oliver C ^a   Pollock, Colleen M ^a   Fenton, R Kent ^a   Jim, G Kee ^a   Guichon, P Timothy ^c   Booker, Calvin W ^a   Berg, Janice ^d   Roder, Joe ^e   Spire, Mark ^e  

^a Feedlot Health Management Services Alberta   (Canada)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^c AgriVet Inc   (Canada)

^d Schering Plough Canada Inc   (Canada)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

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

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEVER; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BOVINE RESPIRATORY DISEASE COMPLEX; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISACCHARIDES; FEVER; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; THIAMPHENICOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48049093486     PISSN: 15283593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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