Chemotherapy of experimental Besnoitia besnoiti infection in rabbits
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Shkap, Varda
De Waal, D.T.
Potgieter, Fred T.
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Abstract
Rabbits were infected with a bovine strain of Besnoitia besnoiti parasites derived from VERO cell cultures.
Oxytetracycline*, given at 30 mg/kg i.m. simultaneously with infection, prevented the development of orchitis.
The controls received no treatment. All infected animals showed a transient febrile reaction. It is concluded that
oxytetracycline has some therapeutic potential against Besnoitia besnoiti and that rabbits are suitable models for
therapeutic trials.
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Veterinary medicine
Sustainable Development Goals
Citation
Shkap, V, De Waal, DT & Potgieter, FT 1985, 'Chemotherapy of experimental Besnoitia besnoiti infection in rabbits’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 289.