Pilot study on the efficacy of paromomycin as a histomonostatic feed additive in turkey poults experimentally infected with Histomonas meleagridis

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-84

  Hafez, Hafez M ^a   Hauck, Rüdiger ^a   Gad, Wael ^a   de Gussem, Koen ^b   Lotfi, Abdulrahman ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Huvepharma NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Feed additives; Histomonas meleagridis; Paromomycin; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; PAROMOMYCIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; CECUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DOSE RESPONSE; EATING; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; CECUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; FECES; LIVER; MALE; PAROMOMYCIN; PILOT PROJECTS; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; TURKEYS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77951083820     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: 14772817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450390903478851     Document Type: Article

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