Systematic review and meta-analyses of the effects of halofuginone against calf cryptosporidiosis

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 73-84

  Silverlås, Charlotte ^a   Björkman, Camilla ^a   Egenvall, Agneta ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Diarrhoea; Halofuginone; Prophylaxis; Therapy

Indexed keywords

COCCIDIOSTATIC AGENT; HALOFUGINONE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; QUINAZOLINONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; MASS SCREENING; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COCCIDIOSTATS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; MASS SCREENING; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PIPERIDINES; PREVALENCE; QUINAZOLINONES; SWEDEN;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 68549118738     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.05.003     Document Type: Review

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