Year: 2020 | Month: October | Volume 10 | Issue 5
Comparative Economical Analysis of the Treatment Adopted for Canine Parvo Virus Infected Dog
Sudhir Mehta
Suresh Mavadiya
Saurabh Parmar
Arshi Vagh
Jignesh Vala
Ramesh Patel
DOI:10.30954/2277-940X.05.2020.24
Abstract:
In the present study, 50 dogs screened using Scan Vet Parvo rapid diagnostic kit for canine parvovirus (CPV) Infection and 34 (68%) found positive among them. Out of 34 CPV-positive dogs, 28 dogs were randomly divided in four different treatment groups for determining the efficacy of treatments along with its economies. The groups I, II, III and IV dogs were treated with antimicrobial agent Inj. Cefotaxim, Metronidazole, acyclovir and Inj. Cefotaxim + Acyclovir, respectively with similar supportive drugs in all the groups for five days. The case fatality rate was recorded 0% in group I and IV whereas it was 57.14% and 42.85% in groups III and II. Based on statistics, it was found that the treatment with cefotaxim alone was found more economical and equally efficient besides the combined use of cefotaxim + Acyclovir but combine treatment could also be hasten the recovery from the CPV infection.
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