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- Title
Out-patient antimicrobial drug use in dogs and cats for new disease events from community companion animal practices in Ontario.
- Authors
Murphy, Colleen P.; Reid-Smith, Richard J.; Boerlin, Patrick; Weese, J. Scott; Prescott, John F.; Nicol Janecko; Scott A. McEwen
- Abstract
The article presents a study which aims to describe and evaluate parenteral antimicrobial use in dogs and cats for feline upper respiratory tract disease (FURTD), feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD), and canine infectious tracheobronchitis in Ontario. The study used 1807 journals submitted by 84 veterinarians. Results show that 65%of antimicrobials prescribed to dogs and 67% to cats were β-lactams.
- Subjects
ANTI-infective agents; VETERINARY medicine; CAT diseases; DOG diseases; VETERINARIANS; BETA lactam antibiotics
- Publication
Canadian Veterinary Journal / Revue Vétérinaire Canadienne, 2012, Vol 53, Issue 3, p291
- ISSN
0008-5286
- Publication type
Article