Long-term effect of toltrazuril on growth performances of dairy heifers and beef calves exposed to natural Eimeria zuernii and Eimeria bovis infections

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 296-299

  Veronesi, Fabrizia ^a   Diaferia, Manuela ^a   Viola, Orfeo ^a   Fioretti, Daniela Piergili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beef calves; Coccidiosis; Dairy calves; Growth performances; Toltrazuril

Indexed keywords

DICLAZURIL; TOLTRAZURIL;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALF (BOVINE); COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FECES ANALYSIS; GROWTH; HEIFER; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; COCCIDIOSTATS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EIMERIA; FECES; GROWTH; LINEAR MODELS; NITRILES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZINES;

EIMERIA BOVIS; EIMERIA ZUERNII; FRIESIA;

EID: 82855182094     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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