It seems that being used for cats didn’t work though?
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8692224/
Cats too!
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8692224/
Seeing as we used to test all sort of things on dogs, I think it is a valid question. It may well be nonesense but the question is valid imo. As for the treatment... sounds very unlikely but who knows?