The effect of a fenbendazole treatment on cyst excretion and weight gain in calves experimentally infected with Giardia duodenalis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 169, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 18-23

  Geurden, Thomas ^a   Vandenhoute, Els ^a   Pohle, Herbert ^b   Casaert, Stijn ^a   De Wilde, Nathalie ^a   Vercruysse, Jozef ^a   Claerebout, Edwin ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INTERVET INTERNATIONAL BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calves; Experimental infection; Fenbendazole; Giardia duodenalis; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DRUG EFFECT; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FECES; FENBENDAZOLE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

ANIMALIA; FRIESIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 77951092206     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.12.027     Document Type: Article

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