Clinical evaluation of meloxicam versus ketoprofen in cats suffering from painful acute locomotor disorders

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 237-243

  Morton, Carolyn M ^a   Grant, Debbie ^b   Johnston, Laura ^c   Letellier, Ingrid M ^d   Narbe, Ruediger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b North Holmwood   (United Kingdom)

^c BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^d 78940 La Queue Lez Yvelines ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETOPROFEN; MELOXICAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; THIAZINE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; KETOPROFEN; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TASTE; THIAZINES; THIAZOLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952625202     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2010.09.018     Document Type: Article

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