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US 9,265,771 · App. 14/370,239 · Granted Feb 23, 2016

Method for treating Lyme disease

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Patent No.
US 9,265,771
App. No.
14/370,239
Granted
Feb 23, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a method for treating Lyme disease and/or a Borrelia infection in animals comprising administering to an animal in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of cefovecin.

Claims (5)

1. A method for treating Lyme disease in a canine animal comprising administering to said canine animal in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of cefovecin sodium.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein cefovecin sodium is administered at least twice to the canine animal in need thereof.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the second dose of cefovecin sodium is administered about 10 to 13 days after the first dose of cefovecin sodium.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein cefovecin sodium is administered by subcutaneous injection.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the therapeutically effective amount of cefovecin sodium is about 8 mg/kg bodyweight of cefovecin.

Assignments (2)
ASIGNEE ADDRESS CHANGE Recorded Apr 7, 2017
From: ZOETIS SERVICES LLC
To: ZOETIS SERVICES LLC
Reel/Frame 042190/0061 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2015
From: ZOETIS LLC
To: ZOETIS SERVICES LLC
Reel/Frame 035651/0817 →