RESUMO
Orbifloxacin tablets were administered orally to 23 dogs with superficial and/or deep staphylococcal pyoderma. Response to therapy was excellent in 95.6% of the dogs. Duration of therapy varied from 21 to 40 days (average 29 days) for dogs having only superficial infections, and from 25 to 150 days (average 72 days) for dogs having deep infections. Relapses occurred in 18% of the dogs within a 3-month period. One dog developed a presumed adverse cutaneous drug reaction. Under the conditions of this study, orbifloxacin was an effective, safe, and convenient antibiotic for the treatment of superficial and deep staphylococcal pyoderma in dogs.
Assuntos
Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Ciprofloxacina/análogos & derivados , Doenças do Cão/tratamento farmacológico , Infecções Estafilocócicas/veterinária , Animais , Antibacterianos/efeitos adversos , Ciprofloxacina/efeitos adversos , Ciprofloxacina/uso terapêutico , Cães , Feminino , Masculino , Pioderma/tratamento farmacológico , Pioderma/veterinária , Infecções Estafilocócicas/tratamento farmacológico , Fatores de Tempo , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
A commercial homeopathic remedy and a placebo were administered orally as individual agents to 18 dogs with atopic dermatitis. The pruritus was reduced by less than 50% in only 2/18 dogs; 1 of these dogs was receiving the homeopathic remedy, the other was receiving the placebo. One dog vomited after administration of the homeopathic remedy.