Clotrimazole, ketoconazole, and clodinafop-propargyl as potent growth inhibitors of equine Babesia parasites during in vitro culture

• Main Authors: Bork, Sabine, Yokoyama, Naoaki, Matsuo, Tomohide, Claveria, Florencia G., Fujisaki, Kozo, Igarashi, Ikuo
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2003
• Subjects: Babesia; Babesiosis; Antifungal agents; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3792
• Institution: De La Salle University

The antifungal agents clotrimazole (CLT) and ketoconazole (KC) and the herbicide clodinafop-propargyl (CP) inhibit growth of Plasmodium sp., Toxoplasma sp., and Trypanosoma sp. In the present study, we evaluated these drugs against the in vitro growth of the equine protozoan parasites Babesia equi a...