Effectiveness and safety of cefovecin sodium, an extended-spectrum injectable cephalosporin, in the treatment of cats with abscesses and infected wounds.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of cefovecin sodium in the treatment of cats with naturally occurring skin infections (abscesses and infected wounds).

Design: Multicenter (26 sites), randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial.

Animals: Client-owned cats of any breed with naturally occurring skin infections with associated clinical signs and confirmatory bacteriologic culture results.

Efficacy and safety of cefovecin in treating bacterial folliculitis, abscesses, or infected wounds in dogs.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of administration of cefovecin, compared with cefadroxil, for treatment of naturally occurring secondary superficial pyoderma, abscesses, and infected wounds in dogs.

Design: Multicenter, randomized, positive-controlled clinical trial.

Animals: 235 client-owned dogs.