Objective: To describe the prescribing habits of a sample of small animal veterinarians pertaining to use of fluoxetine in dogs and cats. Design: Exploratory descriptive survey using a questionnaire, available on paper and through email, distributed to small animal veterinarians by convenience...

Antidepressants such as fluoxetine are frequently detected in estuaries and can have profound effects on non-target organisms by interfering with the neural system and affecting essential physiological processes and behaviours. In this context, short-term effects of fluoxetine exposure were...

Inappropriate urination in feline medicine embraces the behavior of domestic cats to urinate for no specific reason in undesirable places for their guardians. Cats with behavioral problems are two to six times more likely to be abandoned and many animals are euthanized. The aim of this paper is to...

This study was completed with the aim of investigating the effects of extracts obtained from Gundelia tournefortii L. and fluoxetine on anxiety, motor activity, biochemical and antioxidant parameters in rats exposed to chronic immobilization stress. The study included a total of 40 female Wistar...

Case series summary: This was a retrospective study on the clinical features and response to treatment in seven cats with feline hyperaesthesia syndrome (FHS) and tail mutilation. FHS is a poorly understood disorder characterised by skin rippling over the dorsal lumbar area, episodes of jumping and ...

The study is aimed to investigate the anti-depressant effect of puerarin in rat model of depression induced by chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) and to explore the relevant mechanism. We established the depression rat model using CUMS. Rats were randomly divided into control, CUMS model,...

Micro-pollutants in aquatic environment are an emerging challenge to the human health and ecosystems. This study was to investigate the acute toxicity before and after ferrate(VI) treatment for four pharmaceuticals (simvastatin, ivermectin, fluoxetine and oxytetracycline) at concentrations of 10...

Objectives - To determine whether clomipramine differs from fluoxetine in reducing feline urine marking; whether reduction of marking continues in cats treated >8 weeks; whether recurrence of marking, after abrupt drug withdrawal, is less in cats treated >8 weeks; and whether cats that are...

A 1-year-old, spayed female Himalayan cat presented with traumatic alopecia at the flanks, the cauda and the precordia. Palpation induced excessive licking behavior over the trunk. The cat was treated with glucocorticoids, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, and a neuropathic pain agent. The...

Two european shorthair cats turned to The Ethology External Service of the Complutense University of Madrid, referred by their veterinarian. An 8 years old neutered male cat (Joe), and a 2 years old sterilized female cat (Lily). The purpose of the consultation reported by the owners, was the...