Good to know. Thanks for the info. Jenny ---- MaryChristine <[email protected]> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Cat Health News from the Winn Feline Foundation < > [email protected]> > Date: Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 7:07 PM > Subject: Cat Health News from the Winn Feline Foundation > To: [email protected] > > > Cat Health News from the Winn Feline > Foundation<http://winnfelinehealth.blogspot.com/> [image: > Link to Cat Health News from the Winn Feline > Foundation]<http://winnfelinehealth.blogspot.com/> > > Pradofloxacin for Feline Infectious > Anemia<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/CatHealthNewsFromTheWinnFelineFoundation/%7E3/yZ3DLx0E0mY/pradofloxacin-for-feline-infectious.html> > > Posted: 26 Feb 2009 04:00 AM PST > Dowers, K. L., S. Tasker, et al. (2009). "Use of pradofloxacin to treat > experimentally induced Mycoplasma hemofelis infection in cats." Am J Vet Res > 70(1): 105-11. > > Mycoplasma hemofelis, formerly known as Hemobartonella felis, is the > causative agent of feline infectious anemia. The bacterium is spread through > flea bites and causes hemolytic anemia that may result in the death of > infected cats. It is believed that most infected cats do not clear the > organisms even with appropriate antimicrobial treatment, which most commonly > is doxycycline. Pradofloxacin is a new fluoroquinolone antibiotic for > veterinary use that appears to have increased effectiveness against many > bacteria. In this study, treatment of cats infected with M. hemofelis with > doxycycline was compared to low and high doses of pradofloxacin. All > treatment regimens were equally effective in improving the clinical > condition and blood parameters of infected cats. When assessed by molecular > detection for clearance of the organism, both low and high dose > pradofloxacin were effective, while none of the doxycycline-treated animals > completely cleared detectable organisms. The authors concluded that > pradofloxacin not only had anti-M. hemofelis effects, it may be more > effective at long term M. hemofelis organism clearance than doxycycline. > >> PubMed > >> Abstract<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19119955?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum> > > Related articles: > Willi, B., F. S. Boretti, et al. (2007). "From Haemobartonella to > hemoplasma: Molecular methods provide new insights." Vet Microbiol 125(3-4): > 197-209. > >> PubMed > >> Abstract<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17706380?ordinalpos=17&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum> > > Ishak, A. M., K. L. Dowers, et al. (2008). "Marbofloxacin for the treatment > of experimentally induced Mycoplasma haemofelis infection in cats." 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