Corticosteroid therapy of tick-borne fever.
Treatment of sheep infected with tick-borne fever with betamethasone injection BP abated thermal reactions and induced neutrophilia. The therapeutic effects were, however, transient and the haematological and thermal changes returned to pretreatment levels after 24 hours.
D000818:Animals; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001623:Betamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D007958:Leukocyte Count / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*
D001623:Betamethasone