Comparative efficacy of a recombinant feline interferon omega in refractory cases of calicivirus-positive cats with caudal stomatitis: A randomised, multi-centre, controlled, double-blind study in 39 cats

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 577-587

  Hennet, Philippe R ^a   Camy, Guy A L ^a   McGahie, David M ^b   Albouy, Maxime V ^b  

^a CLINIQUE VÉTÉRINAIRE   (France)

^b Virbac SA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERFERON; INTERFERON OMEGA 1; PREDNISOLONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; CAT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARD; STOMATITIS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESIVIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CALICIVIRUS, FELINE; CATS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; INTERFERON TYPE I; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMATITIS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CALICIVIRIDAE; FELIDAE;

EID: 79960705618     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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