Clamoxyquine
Encyclopedia
Clamoxyquine or clamoxyquin (former BAN
), as the pamoate or hydrochloride
salt, is an antiamebic and antidiarrheal drug.
It has been used as a veterinary medicine
to treat salmonids
for infection with the myxozoan parasite, Myxobolus cerebralis
.
British Approved Name
A British Approved Name is the official non-proprietary or generic name given to a pharmaceutical substance, as defined in the British Pharmacopoeia...
), as the pamoate or hydrochloride
Hydrochloride
In chemistry, hydrochlorides are salts resulting, or regarded as resulting, from the reaction of hydrochloric acid with an organic base . This is also known as muriate, derived from hydrochloric acid's other name: muriatic acid....
salt, is an antiamebic and antidiarrheal drug.
It has been used as a veterinary medicine
Veterinary medicine
Veterinary Medicine is the branch of science that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, disorder and injury in non-human animals...
to treat salmonids
Salmonidae
Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish, the only living family currently placed in the order Salmoniformes. It includes salmon, trout, chars, freshwater whitefishes and graylings...
for infection with the myxozoan parasite, Myxobolus cerebralis
Myxobolus cerebralis
Myxobolus cerebralis is a myxosporean parasite of salmonids that causes whirling disease in farmed salmon and trout and also in wild fish populations...
.