Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Tarantula Cubensis Extract in Cats Diagnosed with Stomatitis

Abstract

Stomatitis in cats is an immune response to antigenic stimuli, exacerbated by viral infections. The etiopathogenesis of this disease, which manifests itself with sores in the mouth, has not been fully clarified. Today, in addition to medical treatment, partial or complete molar extractions are also performed. In this study, the results of using tarantula cubensis extract in addition to antibiotic treatment in the treatment of cats diagnosed with stomatitis at the Fırat University Animal Hospital Small Animal Surgery Clinic in Elazığ and the Hekimköy Veterinary Clinic in Adana were investigated. The cats were evaluated in two groups. The cats in the first group (ANT) (n=10) received amoxicillin clavulanic acid treatment, and the cats in the second group (EXT) (n=10) received tarantula cubensis extract injections in addition to the same antibiotic treatment. The response to the treatments was evaluated by 3 different surgeons, one week apart, by macroscopic inspection and scored between 1 and 4. The obtained data were statistically evaluated with the Mann Whitney U test and Wilcoxon tests. In this study, a statistically significant improvement was observed in cats treated with tarantula cubensis extract in addition to antibiotic treatment compared to cats treated with antibiotics alone.

Keywords

• Cat
• stomatitis
• tarantula cubensis extract

Stomatitis Tanısı Konan Kedilerde Tarantula Cubensis Ekstraktının Etkinliğinin Değerlendirilmesi

Öz

Kedilerde stomatitis antijenik uyarılara karşı, viral enfeksiyonlar ile şiddetlenen, bağışıklık sisteminin verdiği bir tepkidir. Ağız içerisinde çıkan yaralarla kendini gösteren bu hastalığın etiyopatogenezisi tam olarak netlik kazanmamıştır. Günümüzde medikal tedavi yanı sıra kısmi veya tüm azı dişlerin çekimi de yapılmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, Elazığ’da Fırat Üniversitesi Hayvan Hastanesi Küçük Hayvan Cerrahi Kliniği’ne ve Adana’da Hekimköy Veteriner Kliniği’nde stomatitis tanısı konulan kedilerin tedavisinde antibiyotik tedavisine ek olarak tarantula cubensis ekstraktının kullanımının sonuçları araştırıldı. Kediler iki grup halinde değerlendirmeye alındı. Birinci gruptaki (ANT) kedilere (n=10) amoksisilin klavulanik asit tedavi yapıldı, ikinci gruptaki (EXT) kedilere (n=10) ise aynı antibiyotik tedavisine ek olarak tarantula cubensis ekstraktı enjeksiyonları yapıldı. Tedavilere verilen yanıt 3 ayrı cerrah tarafından, birer hafta arayla makroskobik yönden inspeksiyon ile değerlendirilerek ve 1 ile 4 arasında skorlandı. Elde edilen veriler istatistiksel açıdan Mann Whitney U testi ve Wilcoxon testleri ile değerlendirildi. Yapılan bu araştırmada antibiyotik tedavisine ek olarak tarantula cubensis ekstraktı ile tedavi edilen kedilerde, tek başına antibiyotik tedavisi yapılan kedilere kıyasla istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir iyileşme olduğu görüldü.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Kedi
• stomatitis
• tarantula cubensis ekstraktı

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