Prevalence, hematology, and treatment of balantidiasis among donkeys in and around Lahore, Pakistan

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 203-205

  Khan, A ^a   Khan, M S ^a   Avais, M ^a   Ijaz, M ^a   Ali, M M ^a   Abbas, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Balantidium coli; Donkey; Nigella sativa; Prevalence; Secnidazole

Indexed keywords

DYSEN FORTE; HEMOGLOBIN; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; NITROIMIDAZOLE; SECNIDAZOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BALANTIDIASIS; BALANTIDIUM; BLACK CUMIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONKEY; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

BALANTIDIUM COLI; EQUIDAE; EQUUS ASINUS; NIGELLA SATIVA;

EID: 84880743783     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.01.017     Document Type: Article

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