Treatment of feline mammary fibroadenomatous hyperplasia with aglepristone
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2004-12
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Australian Small Animal Veterinary Assoc
Abstract
A case of fibroadenomatous hyperplasia of the mammary gland in a nine-month-old female cat is reported. It was treated with medroxyprogesterone acetate for the suppression of oestrus. Two weeks later. hyperplasia occurred in all mammary glands. The progesterone receptor blocker aglepristone was given sc (10mg/kg) on days 1, 2 and 7. Mammary gland hyperplasia had completely regressed by day 21.
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Veterinary sciences, Felidae, Felis catus
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Nak, D. vd. (2004). “Treatment of feline mammary fibroadenomatous hyperplasia with aglepristone”. Australian Veterinary Practitioner, 34(4), 161-162.