
A coccidiostat is an
antiprotozoal agent
Antiprotozoal agents ( ATC code: ATC P01) is a class of pharmaceuticals used in treatment of protozoan infection.
A paraphyletic group, protozoans have little in common with each other. For example, '' Entamoeba histolytica'', a unikont eukary ...
that acts upon
Coccidia
Coccidia (Coccidiasina) are a subclass of microscopic, spore-forming, single-celled obligate intracellular parasites belonging to the apicomplexan class Conoidasida.
As obligate intracellular parasites, they must live and reproduce within an ...
parasites.
Examples include:
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Amprolium
Amprolium is the organic compound sold as a coccidiostat used in poultry. It has many International Nonproprietary Names.
__TOC__ Uses in coccidiosis treatment in poultry
The drug is a thiamine analogue and blocks the thiamine transporter of ''E ...
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Arprinocid
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Artemether
Artemether is a medication used for the treatment of malaria. The injectable form is specifically used for severe malaria rather than quinine. In adults, it may not be as effective as artesunate. It is given by injection in a muscle. It is also a ...
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Clazuril
Clazuril is a drug used in veterinary medicine as a coccidiostat.
See also
* Diclazuril
* Ponazuril
* Toltrazuril
Toltrazuril is a coccidiostat.
See also
* Clazuril
Clazuril is a drug used in veterinary medicine as a coccidiostat.
See al ...
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Clopidol
Clopidol is an organic compound that is used as in veterinary medicine as a coccidiostat. It is prepared industrially by a multistep process from dehydroacetic acid
Dehydroacetic acid is an organic compound which has several industrial ap ...
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Decoquinate
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Diclazuril
Diclazuril (trade name Vecoxan) is a coccidiostat.
See also
* Clazuril
* Ponazuril
* Toltrazuril
Toltrazuril is a coccidiostat.
See also
* Clazuril
Clazuril is a drug used in veterinary medicine as a coccidiostat.
See also
* Diclazur ...
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Dinitolmide
Dinitolmide (or zoalene) is a fodder additive for poultry, used to prevent coccidiosis infections. It is sold under trade names such as Coccidine A, Coccidot, and Zoamix.
Dinitolmide is usually added to feed in doses of 125 ppm (preventive ...
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Ethopabate
Ethopabate is a coccidiostat
A coccidiostat is an antiprotozoal agent that acts upon Coccidia parasites.
Examples include:
* Amprolium
* Arprinocid
* Artemether
* Clazuril
* Clopidol
* Decoquinate
* Diclazuril
* Dinitolmide
* Ethopabate
* Ha ...
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Halofuginone
Halofuginone, sold under the brand name Halocur, is a coccidiostat used in veterinary medicine. It is a synthetic halogenated derivative of febrifugine, a natural quinazolinone alkaloid which can be found in the Chinese herb '' Dichroa febrifuga ...
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Lasalocid
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Monensin
Monensin is a polyether antibiotic isolated from ''Streptomyces cinnamonensis''. It is widely used in ruminant animal feeds.
The structure of monensin was first described by Agtarap et al. in 1967, and was the first polyether antibiotic to have i ...
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Narasin
Narasin is a coccidiostat and antibacterial agent. It is a derivative of salinomycin with an additional methyl group
In organic chemistry, a methyl group is an alkyl derived from methane, containing one carbon atom bonded to three hydrogen at ...
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Nicarbazin
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Oryzalin
Oryzalin is an herbicide of the dinitroaniline class. It acts through the disruption ( depolymerization) of microtubules, thus blocking anisotropic growth of plant cells. It can also be used to induce polyploidy in plants as an alternative to c ...
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Ponazuril
Ponazuril (INN), sold by Merial, Inc., now part of Boehringer Ingelheim, under the trade name Marquis® (15% w/w ponazuril), is a drug currently approved for the treatment of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) in horses, caused by coccidia ' ...
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Robenidine
Robenidine is a coccidiostat. Robenidine is an antibiotic used for the control of coccidiosis, a debilitating protozoal infection in poultry. Although there are alternative antibiotics available, robenidine is important in the management of antibi ...
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Roxarsone
Roxarsone is an organoarsenic compound that has been used in poultry production as a feed additive to increase weight gain and improve feed efficiency, and as a coccidiostat. As of June 2011, it was approved for chicken feed in the United States, ...
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Salinomycin
Salinomycin is an antibacterial and coccidiostat ionophore therapeutic drug.
Antibacterial activity
Salinomycin and its derivatives exhibit high antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive bacteria, including the most problematic bacteria stra ...
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Spiramycin
Spiramycin is a macrolide
The Macrolides are a class of natural products that consist of a large macrocyclic lactone ring to which one or more deoxy sugars, usually cladinose and desosamine, may be attached. The lactone rings are usuall ...
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Sulfadiazine
Sulfadiazine is an antibiotic. Used together with pyrimethamine, a dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor, it is the treatment of choice for toxoplasmosis, which is caused by a protozoan parasite. It is a second-line treatment for otitis media, p ...
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Sulfadimethoxine
Sulfadimethoxine (or sulphadimethoxine, trade names Di-Methox or Albon) is a long-lasting sulfonamide antimicrobial medication used in veterinary medicine. It is used to treat many infections, including respiratory, urinary tract, enteric, and so ...
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Toltrazuril
Toltrazuril is a coccidiostat.
See also
* Clazuril
Clazuril is a drug used in veterinary medicine as a coccidiostat.
See also
* Diclazuril
* Ponazuril
* Toltrazuril
Toltrazuril is a coccidiostat.
See also
* Clazuril
* Diclazuril
* Pona ...
References
Antiprotozoal agents
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