Dr Tim Nuttall, Senior Lecturer in Dermatology at The University of Liverpool Small Animal Teaching Hospital reports as good or better results when treating skin infections in cats and dogs with Pfizer's Convenia (cefovecin) than with clavulanate-potentiated amoxicillin and cefalexin.

He said: “What we don’t know is whether this efficacy is associated with Convenia’s protein binding and particularly good penetration into sites of inflammation, or whether it is because the antibiotic is administered by injection every 2 weeks, so we have 100% compliance.

"In fact, it's probably a combination of the two. Nevertheless, it may still be a glimpse of the impact of compliance issues, and an indication of just what we can achieve with 100% compliance".