Evaluation of orally administered famciclovir in cats experimentally infected with feline herpesvirus type-1

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-95

  Thomasy, Sara M ^a,b   Lim, Christine C ^a,d   Reilly, Christopher M ^a,b   Kass, Philip H ^a   Lappin, Michael R ^c   Maggs, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMCICLOVIR; LACTOSE; PENCICLOVIR; SERUM GLOBULIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CAT; CELL DENSITY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FELINE HERPESVIRUS TYPE 1; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HERPES VIRUS; INOCULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

2-AMINOPURINE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; FELID HERPESVIRUS 1;

EID: 78651452289     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.72.1.85     Document Type: Article

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