Necrotic enteritis due to simultaneous infection with Isospora suis and clostridia in newborn piglets and its prevention by early treatment with toltrazuril

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1347-1355

  Mengel, Heidrun ^a   Kruger, Monika ^a   Kruger, Maxie U ^a   Westphal, Bernhard ^b   Swidsinski, Alexander ^c   Schwarz, Sandra ^a   Mundt, Hans Christian ^b   Dittmar, Katja ^a   Daugschies, Arwid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOLTRAZURIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY WEIGHT; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS TYPE A; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FECAL CONSISTENCY; FECAL GERM COUNT; FECES ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORIASIS; LIQUEFACTION; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ENTERITIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PIGLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COINFECTION; ENTERITIS; FECES; FEMALE; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORIASIS; NECROSIS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRIAZINES;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS A; ISOSPORA SUIS;

EID: 84863439131     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2633-8     Document Type: Article

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