Efficacy of a 2-dose regimen of a sustained release ceftiofur suspension in horses with Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus bronchopneumonia

Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 442-447

  McClure, Scott ^a   Sibert, G ^b   Hallberg, J ^b   Bade, D ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZOETIS   (United States)

^c Microbial Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTIOFUR; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HORSE; INFLAMMATION; INJECTION SITE SWELLING; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI ZOOEPIDEMICUS; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CEPHALOSPORINS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; SUSPENSIONS;

EQUIDAE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

EID: 80052653646     PISSN: 01407783     EISSN: 13652885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2885.2011.01267.x     Document Type: Article

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