A controlled study to determine the efficacy of Loxostylis alata (Anacardiaceae) in the treatment of aspergillus in a chicken (Gallus domesticus) model in comparison to ketoconazole

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Suleiman, Mohammed M ^a,b   Duncan, Neil ^a   Eloff, Jacobus N ^a   Naidoo, Vinny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Broiler chicks; Loxostylis alata

Indexed keywords

ANACARDIACEAE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AVES; FUNGI; GALLUS GALLUS; LOXOSTYLIS ALATA;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; KETOCONAZOLE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIVER; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; CHICKENS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; KETOCONAZOLE; LIVER; PLANT EXTRACTS; POULTRY DISEASES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84868236351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-8-210     Document Type: Article

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