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.
PLOS ONE
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?
4-Oct-2023
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.