Posts for Archives: Publication
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Corrigendum to “A prospective investigation of the prevalence and prognostic significance of weight loss and changes in body condition in feline cancer patients” [Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery 9 (2007) 411–417]
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A review of feral cat control
Animal overpopulation including feral cats is an important global problem. There are many stakeholders involved in the feral cat debate over ‘what to do about the problem’, including those who consider them a nuisance, the public at risk from zoonotic … -
Feline dysautonomia in the Midwestern United States: A retrospective study of nine cases
Dysautonomia of domestic animals is pathologically characterized by chromatolytic degeneration of the neurons in the autonomic nervous ganglia that results in clinical signs related to dysfunction or failure of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous … -
BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Anaesthesia and Analgesia Chris Seymour, Tanya Duke-Novakovski (eds), Blackwell Publishers, 2007. 344 pages, $149.99 US, £75. Europe and RoW, ISBN 9780905214986.
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Time trends and risk factors for diabetes mellitus in cats presented to veterinary teaching hospitals
Veterinary Medical Data Base records of cats with diabetes mellitus (DM) from 1970 through 1999 were reviewed to identify trends in hospital prevalence of DM and potential host risk factors. Hospital prevalence increased from eight cases per 10,000 in … -
The detection of feline coronaviruses in blood samples from cats by mRNA RT-PCR
In this study, 26 blood samples were collected from 25 healthy cats and one cat with clinical signs suggestive of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), namely, fever, weight loss, enlarged abdomen, and ascites. Blood samples were tested for feline … -
Ethical issues in geriatric feline medicine
Most veterinarians hold a ‘pediatric’ rather than ‘garage mechanic’ view of their function. In recent years, sophisticated medical modalities have allowed veterinarians to keep animals alive, and increased value of companion animals in society has … -
Treatment and long-term follow-up of extrahepatic biliary obstruction with bilirubin cholelithiasis in a Somali cat with pyruvate kinase deficiency
A 2-year-old female neutered Somali cat was presented with vomiting and acute onset jaundice 1 year after diagnosis of pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency. Diagnostic investigations revealed a moderate regenerative haemolytic anaemia, severe … -
Attraction of mosquitoes to domestic cats in a heartworm enzootic region
Heartworm disease is caused by a mosquito-borne parasite that can affect many different mammalian species and has worldwide distribution. The agent, Dirofilaria immitis (Leidy 1856), infect mainly dogs but feline infection have been frequently reported in … -
Prevalence of feline immunodeficiency virus infection in domesticated and feral cats in eastern Australia
Serum samples from 340 pet cats presented to three inner city clinics in Sydney Australia, 68 feral cats from two separate colonies in Sydney, and 329 cattery-confined pedigree and domestic cats in eastern Australia, were collected over a 2-year period …