A meta-analysis of studies of treatments for feline urine spraying

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Mills, Daniel S ^a   Redgate, Sarah E ^a   Landsberg, Gary M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^b North Toronto Animal Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOMIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; PHEROMONE; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DRUG EFFICACY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOUSEHOLD; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MICTURITION; MICTURITION DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FELIDAE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CLOMIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; PHEROMONES; PLACEBOS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINATION;

EID: 79954540653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018448     Document Type: Article

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