Comparative Efficacy, Superiority and Clinical benefits of Cefopodoxime Proxetil over Cephalexin in Canine Pyoderma-A Clinical Study of 60 Dogs Barnabas Catherine Rebecca*, Nagarajan B.1, Bhavani M. Sandhya2 Ballo Multispecialty Pet Clinic, 26/20 CIT Colony 2nd Main Road, Mylapore, Chennai-600004 (Tamil Nadu) 1Professor, Department of Clinics, Madras Veterinary College, TANUVAS, Chennai 2Assistant Professor, Department of Clinics, Madras Veterinary College, TANUVAS, Chennai *Clinician and Corresponding author. E-mail: catherinerebecca@gmail.com
Online published on 20 November, 2017. Abstract A study was carried out to evaluate comparatively efficacy and clinical benefits of Cefopodoxime proxetil and Cephalexin in the management of canine pyoderma. Both drugs exhibited almost similar response among the treatment group. However clinical benefits following use of Cefopodoxime proxetil were found to be superior in terms of dosing convenience, recovery time, safety margin, administration ease and cost effectiveness. Top Keywords Canine pyoderma, cefopodoxime proxetil, cephalexin. Top |