Efficacy of oral supplementation with L-lysine in cats latently infected with feline herpesvirus

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-42

  Maggs, David J ^a,b   Nasisse, Mark P ^a,c   Kass, Philip H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Carolina Veterinary Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; LYSINE DERIVATIVE; LYSINE HYDROCHLORIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FELINE HERPETOVIRUS; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; LYSINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RNA, VIRAL; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELINE HERPESVIRUS 1; FELIS CATUS; HERPESVIRIDAE;

EID: 0037247206     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2003.64.37     Document Type: Article

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