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Itraconazole

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  10. Jones MP, Orosz SE, Cox SK and Frazier DL (2000) Pharmacokinetic disposition of itraconazole in red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis). Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery 14(1), 15–22
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  16. [if !supportLists]· Arellano ML, Velasco MA, Martínez Aguirre T, Carrillo D'Lacoste LUIS, Di Pietro DO and Kacoliris FP (2024) Itraconazole as a successful treatment to manage Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis outbreaks in ex-situ frog colonies in Argentina: Dose and schedule for Pleuroderma somuncurense. Herpetological Review 55(1) [if !supportLists]· [endif]Baitchman EJ and Pessier AP (2013) Pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of amphibian chytridiomycosis. Veterinary Clinics: Exotic Animal Practice 16(3), 669–685 [if !supportLists]· [endif]Brannelly LA (2014) Reduced itraconazole concentration and durations are successful in treating Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in amphibians. Journal of Visualized Experiments 85, e51166. [if !supportLists]· [endif]Brannelly LA, Richards-Zawacki CL and Pessier AP (2012) Clinical trials with itraconazole as a treatment for chytrid fungal infections in amphibians. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 101(2), 95–104 [if !supportLists]· [endif]Del Valle JM and Eisthen HL (2019) Treatment of chytridiomycosis in laboratory axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum) and rough-skinned newts (Taricha granulosa). Comparative Medicine 69(3), 204–211 [if !supportLists]· [endif]Georoff TA, Moore RP, Rodriguez C, Pessier AP, Newton AL, McAloose D and Calle PP (2013) Efficacy of treatment and long-term follow-up of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis PCR-positive anurans following itraconazole bath treatment. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 44(2), 395–403 [if !supportLists]· [endif]Jones ME, Paddock D, Bender L, Allen JL, Schrenzel MD and Pessier AP (2012) Treatment of chytridiomycosis with reduced-dose itraconazole. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 99(3), 243–249 [if !supportLists]· [endif]Martel A, van Rooij P, Vercauteren G et al. (2011) Developing a safe antifungal treatment protocol to eliminate Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis from amphibians. Medical Mycology 49(2), 143–149 [if !supportLists]· Michaels CJ, Rendle M, Gibault C, Lopez J, Garcia G, Perkins MW, Cameron S and Tapley B (2018) Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection and treatment in the salamanders Ambystoma andersoni, A. dumerilii and A. mexicanum. Herpetological Journal 28(2), 87–92 [if !supportLists]· [endif]Rendle ME, Tapley B, Perkins M, Bittencourt-Silva G, Gower DJ and Wilkinson M (2015) Itraconazole treatment of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) infection in captive caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) and the first case of Bd in a wild neotropical caecilian. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research 3(4), 137–140 [if !supportLists]· [endif]Rifkin A, Visser M, Barrett K, Boothe D and Bronson E (2017) The pharmacokinetics of topical itraconazole in Panamanian golden frogs (Atelopus zeteki). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 48(2), 344–351 [if !supportLists]· [endif]Tamukai K, Une Y, Tominaga A, Suzuki K and Goka K (2011) Treatment of spontaneous chytridiomycosis in captive amphibians using itraconazole. Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 73(2), 155–159
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