The morbidity and the spectrum of applied drugs in shelter cats in the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62157124%3A16270%2F22%3A43880345" target="_blank" >RIV/62157124:16270/22:43880345 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366005583_The_morbidity_and_the_spectrum_of_applied_drugs_in_shelter_cats_in_the_Czech_Republic" target="_blank" >https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366005583_The_morbidity_and_the_spectrum_of_applied_drugs_in_shelter_cats_in_the_Czech_Republic</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.1025197" target="_blank" >10.3389/fvets.2022.1025197</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The morbidity and the spectrum of applied drugs in shelter cats in the Czech Republic

Original language description

Maintaining appropriate living conditions and good health of the animals should be one of the main priorities of cat shelters. The aim of this study was to assess the morbidity of shelter cats on the basis of analysis of the shelter health records in terms of the nature and quantity of medicaments and other supportive products administered in two no-kill shelters in the Czech Republic. The subject of the study were the health records of 1,884 cats, which were admitted to the selected shelters from 1.1.2013 to 31.12.2021 and their stay in the shelter was terminated in the monitored period. More than half of all cats whose records were analyzed had at least one health record made during their stay in the shelter. The overall length of stay of cats in the shelter (regardless of the outcome) in which one or more health records were found was significantly longer compared to the length of stay of cats without any health records. The highest number of health records was found in kittens &lt;6 months old. Antibiotics, antiparasitics, and complementary/protective substances were the most used among all administered drugs. Broad-spectrum antibiotics have been administered to cats most often. In terms of classification of antibiotics according to the active substance, the most used antibiotics were penicillins, tetracyclines, and fluoroquinolones. Antibiotics were mostly used to treat diseases related to the upper and lower respiratory tract and their symptoms and gastrointestinal problems. The findings of the study contribute to understanding health problems and approaches to treating the shelter cats.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40301 - Veterinary science

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Frontiers in Veterinary Science

ISSN

2297-1769

e-ISSN

2297-1769

Volume of the periodical

9

Issue of the periodical within the volume

DEC 5

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

nestrankovano

UT code for WoS article

000898744500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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