I'm glad Moxy is ok. Any orthopoedic (sp?) surgery is sky high. I don't know why it's that way, but I'm glad Moxy came through the surgery ok.
take care,
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Gary Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Gary Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi everyone,I have been away from the list for 1-1/2 weeks, had two of our boy kittens neutered and thought we were done with big vet bills for a bit, and then their sister Moxy fell awkwardly off of a chair and broke off the head of her femur. She had to have a "femoral head osteotomy", which means an orthopedic surgeon removed the broken piece, smoothed the stump, and flopped a muscle over to create a false joint and hold it in place. All that for only $2300.00 dollars :o(The good news is she did really well with the surgery, came right out of the anesthesia easily just like she did after her spay surgery last month, and is healing well. The somewhat bad news is that the specialist found a grade 1-2 heart murmur that her regular vet missed. And, she is now 2 pounds lighter than her brothers, making me worry that something else major is up with her, or at least that she won't be able to keep up with the gang when she's freed from solitary in six weeks. One thing at a time, I guess...Anyway, while researching her injury on the net, I came across a reference to a study that showed feline interferon to be helpful in treating Felv cats. It's from 2001, so maybe the regulars are already familiar with it, but I found it hopeful. I knew Dr. Addie was using fel int. for FIP cases with significant success, but wasn't sure how helpful it could be with Felv. My Will Feral is on human interpheron at this time and is asymptomatic, but if he has a hard time again in the future and we have any room left on our credit cards we would like to try it.SURVIVAL OF SYMPTOMATIC FELV OR FELV AND FIV POSITIVE CATS TREATED WITH A RECOMBINANT FELINE OMEGA INTERFERONMähl P, Maynard L, Karine De Mari K, and Lebreux BA study was designed to assess the efficacy of a recombinant feline omega interferon (rFeIFNw) in the treatment of symptomatic FeLV or FeLV and FIV positive cats. In a multicentric, controlled, randomised and double blind clinical field trial, 48 FeLV or FeLV and FIV tested cats were included with general clinical signs and/or chronic granulomatous stomatitis. 28 cats were subcutaneously administered 1 million units (MU) interferon per kg b.w. once a day for 5 days and 20 cats received a placebo. Symptomatic treatment including antibiotherapy was allowed in all cats. Cats were clinically observed for 6 months and death date was recorded if applicable. Efficacy was assessed through the survival probabilities which were calculated by the KAPLAN-MEIER method and compared by the LOGRANK test. 13 (46%) cats died during the observation period in rFeIFNw group and 15 (75%) in the placebo group. Comparison of the survival curves showed a statistically significant difference between groups (p = 0.0331). Safety of the product based on clinical examination was excellent. After 5 SC injections of 1 MU/kg rFeIFNw, the survival probability over a 6-month period of FeLV or FeLV and FIV symptomatic cats was 2.2 times higher in the treated cats.
