Efficacy of a combination product containing pyrantel, febantel and praziquantel (Drontal® Plus Flavour, Bayer Animal Health) against experimental infection with the hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum in dogs

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 533-537

  Taweethavonsawat, Piyanan ^a   Chungpivat, Sudchit ^a   Satranarakun, Pakkawan ^b   Traub, Rebecca J ^c   Schaper, Roland ^d  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Bayer Healthcare Animal Health   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRONTAL; FEBANTEL; FEBANTEL PLUS PRAZIQUANTEL PLUS PYRANTEL; PRAZIQUANTEL; PYRANTEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANCYLOSTOMA CEYLANICUM; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; LARVAL STAGE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOG; DRUG COMBINATION; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANCYLOSTOMA CEYLANICUM; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FECES; GUANIDINES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PRAZIQUANTEL; PYRANTEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949329718     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1665-9     Document Type: Article

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