Convenia For Cats Dental

Convenia is given typically as a single injection which can last up to 2-3 weeks in pets.

Convenia for cats dental. After reading about Convenia and seeing the tragic stories I asked my old vet why they would give my precious boy a drug with potential side effects without consulting me first and she said it was protocol. Convenia is an excellent choice for bacterial infections in dogs and cats. The study looked at shelter cats with an URTI and divided them into groups.

The bacteria were cleared in around 34 of the cats and the two drugs compared well. Convenia exerts its antibacterial effects for approximately 1-2 weeks but stays in the body for over 2 months. It is administered as one subcutaneous injection beneath the surface of the skin and is effective for up to 14 days according to Pfizer Animal Health the pharmaceutical distributor of this medication 2.

If your veterinarian is in denial and unwilling to file reports you can still do this yourself. Dr Lisa Pierson recommends against Convenia injection for antibiotic. Also she says its not the best for dental bacteria.

Death has occurred in some cases. 3 After this time the drug continues to decline in concentration and could exist in small amounts for up to 65 days. The idea of a one-time injection instead of giving regular anitibiotics in pill or liquid form once or twice a day for two weeks.

SecondlyI dont understand why vets want to use Convenia for dental anyway. A new study published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association looked at how effective Cefovecin Convenia was as an antibiotic when treating upper respiratory infections URTI in cats as compared to oral medicines like Amoxicillin-Clavulinic Acid Clavamox or Clavaseptin or Doxycycline. Well convenient especially for the cats owner because people usually have difficulty given oral meds to cats.

Because Convenia is an antibiotic all of the cats to whom it is given should be suffering some kind of health condition involving infection. She says it stays in the body for two months so if there is a bad reaction which have been reported you are in trouble. Lynn Im glad your kitties are doing better after treatment.