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Calculation of standard bodyweights for dogs, cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs (2025)
Journal Article
O'Neill, D., Becker, S. D., Frosini, S.-M., Stapleton, L. E., Hughes, D. M., & Brodbelt, D. C. (2025). Calculation of standard bodyweights for dogs, cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs. PLoS ONE, 20(2), e0318734. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318734

Standard bodyweights are an essential component of calculations that summarise many
population-level measures in companion animals, including the defined daily doses for
veterinary species (DDDVet) reporting antimicrobial usage. Standard species bo... Read More about Calculation of standard bodyweights for dogs, cats, rabbits, and guinea pigs.

Patient weight has diverse effects on the prescribing of different antibiotics to dogs (2024)
Journal Article
Becker, S. D., & Hughes, D. M. (2024). Patient weight has diverse effects on the prescribing of different antibiotics to dogs. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 11, Article 1358535. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2024.1358535

Introduction: Various factors including body weight-associated treatment cost may influence the probability of dispensing antibiotics to dogs in first-opinion practice, but their effect on specific drug choice remains unclear.

Methods: Multiple me... Read More about Patient weight has diverse effects on the prescribing of different antibiotics to dogs.