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 eukaryoti ...

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 a ...

parasites. Examples include: * Amprolium * Arprinocid * Artemether *

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 Diclazuril (trade name Vecoxan) is a coccidiostat. See ...

* Clopidol * Decoquinate * Diclazuril *

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 ...

* Ethopabate * Halofuginone * Lasalocid *

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 ...

* Narasin * Nicarbazin *

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 polyploid Polyploidy is a condition in w ...

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 ...

* Robenidine *

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 State ...

* Salinomycin * Spiramycin * Sulfadiazine * Sulfadimethoxine *

Toltrazuril Toltrazuril is a coccidiostat. See also * Clazuril * Diclazuril Diclazuril (trade name Vecoxan) is a coccidiostat. See also * Clazuril * Ponazuril * Toltrazuril References Antiparasitic agents Nitriles Chlorobenzenes Triaz ...

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