Cloprostenol treatment of feline open-cervix pyometra

Treatment with cloprostenol, a prostaglandin synthetic analogue, was evaluated in five queens with open-cervix pyometra. Cloprostenol was administered (5 μg/kg body weight SC) on 3 consecutive days and amoxicillin (20 mg/ kg body weight IM) on 7 consecutive days. Transient post-injection reactions c...

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Autores: García Mitacek, María Carla, Stornelli, María Cecilia, Tittarelli, Claudia Marcela, Nuñez Favre, Romina de Los Angeles, de la Sota, Rodolfo Luzbel, Stornelli, María Alejandra
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/24635
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/24635
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Queen
Pyometra
Cloprostenol
Prostaglandin
Feline
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/4
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Sumario:Treatment with cloprostenol, a prostaglandin synthetic analogue, was evaluated in five queens with open-cervix pyometra. Cloprostenol was administered (5 μg/kg body weight SC) on 3 consecutive days and amoxicillin (20 mg/ kg body weight IM) on 7 consecutive days. Transient post-injection reactions caused by cloprostenol administration included diarrhea, vomiting and vocalizations. Reactions began as quickly as 10 mins after cloprostenol administration and lasted as long as 30 mins. All queens improved clinically after cloprostenol treatment and remained healthy until the end of the study, 1 year after treatment. All queens resumed normal estrous cycles without further treatment and two (40%) delivered a normal litter. In conclusion, use of cloprostenol is an acceptable treatment for opencervix pyometra in queens.