Comparison of toltrazuril and sulphadimethoxine in the treatment of intestinal coccidiosis in pet rabbits

Veterinary Record

Volumn 167, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 287-290

  Redrobe, S P ^a   Gakos, G ^b   Elliot, S C ^b   Saunders, R ^a   Martin, S ^b   Morgan, E R ^b  

^a Veterinary Department   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EIMERIA; EIMERIA STIEDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

COCCIDIOSTATIC AGENT; SULFADIMETHOXINE; TOLTRAZURIL; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; RABBIT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; COCCIDIOSIS; COCCIDIOSTATS; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; RABBITS; SULFADIMETHOXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZINES;

EID: 77957070407     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.c3453     Document Type: Article

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