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Antimicrobials don't appear to help pet dogs with uncomplicated diarrhea - so should likely be prescribed less often by vets - according to new causal inference study


Peer-Reviewed Publication

PLOS

Target trial emulation: Do antimicrobials or gastrointestinal nutraceuticals prescribed at first presentation for acute diarrhoea cause a better clinical outcome in dogs under primary veterinary care in the UK? 

IMAGE: ANTIMICROBIALS DON'T APPEAR TO HELP PET DOGS WITH UNCOMPLICATED DIARRHEA. view more 

CREDIT: MARKUS WINKLER, UNSPLASH, CC0 (HTTPS://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/PUBLICDOMAIN/ZERO/1.0/)




Antimicrobials don't appear to help pet dogs with uncomplicated diarrhea - so should likely be prescribed less often by vets - according to new causal inference study

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0291057

Article Title: Target trial emulation: Do antimicrobials or gastrointestinal nutraceuticals prescribed at first presentation for acute diarrhoea cause a better clinical outcome in dogs under primary veterinary care in the UK?

Author Countries: UK

Funding: CP is supported at the RVC by an award from the Dogs Trust Canine Welfare Grants (number 5654). URL: https://www.dogstrust.org.uk/how-we-help/the-future/research. The funders reviewed the manuscript and were involved in the decision to publish, but did not play a role in study design, data collection or analysis.

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