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The efficacy and field safety of marbofloxacin (Zeniquin) for the treatment of superficial and deep bacterial pyoderma were evaluated. Seventy-two dogs were treated with 2.75 mg kg-1 of marbofloxacin orally once daily for 21 or 28 days. Sixty-two dogs (86%) had superficial pyoderma and 10 (14%) had deep pyoderma. A history of prior pyoderma was reported in 39/72 dogs. Pretreatment aerobic bacteriologic cultures of skin lesions were performed in 47 cases and the predominant pathogen isolated was Staphylococcus intermedius. Treatment was successful in 62/72 (86.1%) dogs, improvement was noted in 6/72 (8.3%) dogs and treatment failed in 4/72 (5.6%) dogs. Adverse effects associated with treatment included listlessness, anorexia, vomiting, soft stool, flatulence and polydipsia; these adverse effects were seen in only 6/81 dogs. Marbofloxacin was safe and effective for the treatment of superficial and deep pyoderma in dogs at the dosage used in this study.
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Antiinfecciosos/uso terapéutico , Enfermedades de los Perros/tratamiento farmacológico , Fluoroquinolonas , Piodermia/veterinaria , Quinolonas/uso terapéutico , Infecciones Estafilocócicas/veterinaria , Administración Oral , Animales , Antiinfecciosos/administración & dosificación , Cruzamiento , Canadá , Perros , Femenino , Masculino , Piodermia/tratamiento farmacológico , Quinolonas/administración & dosificación , Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad , Infecciones Estafilocócicas/tratamiento farmacológico , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
Two patients presented with pruritus and rash caused by Cheyletiella mites that lived on our patients' cats. Only with veterinary assistance was the correct diagnosis made and effective therapy instituted.
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Infestaciones por Ácaros/diagnóstico , Adulto , Animales , Gatos , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Perros , Femenino , Humanos , ConejosRESUMEN
A 13 year old neutered female crossbred Poodle with disseminated mastocytosis was treated with systemic glucocorticoids and antibiotics. The diagnosis was made postmortem, based on histopathological findings.
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Two cats with phaeohyphomycosis, one infected with Phialophora verrucosa and the other with Exophiala jeanselmei, were treated with ketaconazole alone and in combination with 5-fluorocytosine after recurrence of the infections following surgical excision. The drugs were given orally at various doses and for various lengths of time, but were ineffective. Hepatocellular damage occurred in one cat.
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A four year old ovariohysterectomized domestic short-haired cat under treatment for behavioral urine spraying and idiopathic alopecia developed mammary gland hypertrophy following treatment with megestrol acetate. Withdrawal of the progestin and treatment with androgen failed to cause regression of the hypertrophy. The affected mammary gland was surgically excised and recovery was uneventful.
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A cutaneous granuloma which developed on the muzzle of a nine year old cat was shown by histopathology to have been caused by a dematiaceous fungus which was cultured and identified as Phialophora verrucosa.
