In vivo evidence for the resistance of Theileria annulata to buparvaquone

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 169, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 241-247

  Mhadhbi, Moez ^a   Naouach, Abdelkarim ^b   Boumiza, Aïssa ^b   Chaabani, Mohamed Faouzi ^b   BenAbderazzak, Souha ^c   Darghouth, Mohamed Aziz ^a  

^a Ecole Nationale de Medecine Veterinaire   (Tunisia)

^b Private Veterinarians ^*  (Tunisia)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Buparvaquone; Cattle; Resistance; Theileria annulata; Tropical theileriosis

Indexed keywords

BUPARVAQUONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EPIDEMIC; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEVER; HEMATOCRIT; IN VIVO STUDY; INOCULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITEMIA; SCHIZONT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THEILERIA ANNULATA; TICK; TROPICAL THEILERIOSIS; TUNISIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE; HEMATOCRIT; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PARASITEMIA; SCHIZONTS; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIASIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUNISIA;

BOS; IXODIDA; PROTOZOA; THEILERIA ANNULATA;

EID: 77951258322     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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