The Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery published a study (Strong, SJ, et al 2019), shared on journals.sagepub.com, that looked at treatment options for orphaned kittens with diarrhea. The study included 1,718 orphaned kittens and found that kittens who received a vitamin and mineral supplement were 12.8 times more likely to survive than those that did not. “Treatment with subcutaneous fluids, penicillin G, tube feeding, a probiotic containing Enterococcus faecium SF68, ponazuril, or metronidazole did not statistically significantly increase the survival of kittens with diarrhea,” says the report.
