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EFFECTS OF GS-441524 ON CLINICAL AND HEMATOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF CATS WITH EFFUSIVE FIP OVER 60 DAYS FOLLOW-UP

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Infectious diseases
Internal veterinary medicine
Pet medicine

Abstract

Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is an important disease characterized by granulomatous changes in various organs including the ocular and central nervous system. FIP infection is referred as the best candidate for antiviral drug development studies due to the ineffectiveness of vaccines and being a cause of high mortality. The most important antiviral drugs developed against RNA viruses are nucleoside analogues such as GS-441524. In this study, GS-441524 was used in the treatment of three naturally infected cats with ocular lesions diagnosed with effusive FIP. The treatment of cats was planned as GS-441524 (5 mg / kg, SC, daily) administration for 12 weeks along with fluid therapy on the admission day. The treatment process included follow-ups with clinical and laboratory examinations on the admission 5th, 15th, 30th, 60th, 90th and 120th days. On the 5th day, clinical signs including ocular abnormalities and on the 30th day, laboratory findings were significantly improved in all 3 cats. While the cats were expected for monthly follow-ups, it was learned that the cats died on the 58th, 60th and 62nd days. It was concluded that GS-441524 (5 mg/kg/day, SC) has been proven to be beneficial for improving clinical, laboratory findings and animal welfare. However, it was evaluated that clinical studies involving more cases are required in order to determine the clinical efficacy of nucleoside analogues and investigate the causes of deaths occurred on the 58th, 60th and 62nd days of the treatment period with no symptoms that would grab the attention of the owners.

DOI

10.21608/avmj.2021.205169

Keywords

Coronavirus, feline infectious peritonitis, hematology, nucleoside analogues, Treatment

Authors

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ERDEM

Last Name

GÜLERSOY

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Harran University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Şanlıurfa, Turkey, ORCID: 0000-0001-8511-0150

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egulersoy@harran.edu.tr

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0000-0001-8511-0150

First Name

MEHMET

Last Name

MADEN

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Selçuk University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Konya, Turkey, ORCID: 0000-0003-2954-6763, Phone: +905333344042

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Volume

67

Article Issue

171

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25733

Issue Date

2021-10-01

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2021-07-25

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2021-10-01

Page Start

40

Page End

51

Print ISSN

1012-5973

Online ISSN

2314-5226

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https://avmj.journals.ekb.eg/article_205169.html

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5

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Research article

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1,840

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Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal

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https://avmj.journals.ekb.eg/

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EFFECTS OF GS-441524 ON CLINICAL AND HEMATOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF CATS WITH EFFUSIVE FIP OVER 60 DAYS FOLLOW-UP

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23 Jan 2023