Genital lesions in male red fronted gazelles (Gazella rufifrons) experimentally infected with Trypanosoma brucei and the effect of melarsamine hydrochloride (Cymelarsan) and diminazene aceturate (Berenil) in its treatment

Theriogenology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 721-728

  Mbaya, A W ^a   Nwosu, C O ^a   Kumshe, H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Diminazene aceturate (Berenil); Genital lesions; Melarsamine hydrochloride (Cymelarsan); Red fronted gazelles (Gazella rufifrons); Trypanosomosis

Indexed keywords

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; DIMINAZENE; DIMINAZENE ACETURATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MELAMINYLTHIOARSENATE; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERM; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; ARSENICALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIMINAZENE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HEMATOCRIT; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PARASITEMIA; SEMEN; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

ANIMALIA; GAZELLA RUFIFRONS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 79960948742     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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