Posts for Archives: Publication
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Idiopathic Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Cats: Rational Treatment Selection
Practical relevance Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a common diagnosis in cats with chronic gastrointestinal signs. Its management presents clinical challenges, not least because rational therapy relies on a definitive diagnosis, and current … -
Treatment of Feline Herpesvirus-1 Associated Disease in Cats with Famciclovir and Related Drugs
Background Feline herpesvirus 1 (FHV-1) is a common cause of ocular and upper respiratory disease in cats and kittens, and a potential cause of eosinophilic dermatitis.Hypothesis The systemic anti-herpes drug, famciclovir (Famvir; Novartis), would be … -
Treatment Choices for Oral Cancer in Cats: What is Possible? What is Reasonable?
Practical relevance Oral cancers are not the most common tumour in our domestic cats, but the death rate associated with cancer in this location is particularly high. This is largely because the cancer is discovered late in its development and also … -
Feline Myocardial Disease: 1: Classification, Pathophysiology and Clinical Presentation
Practical relevance Myocardial disease (cardiomyopathy, CM) is the most common cardiac disorder observed in cats. The disease usually leads to the development of congestive heart failure, which is the major cause of cardiac mortality. Arterial … -
Intra-Abdominal Actinomycetoma in a Cat
A 5-year-old, female Ragdoll cat was diagnosed with an intra-abdominal mycetoma involving the ileocaecal region. Diagnosis was obtained via histopathological examination following surgical resection of the mass and an ileocolic anastomosis. The initial … -
Risk factors for feline immunodeficiency virus antibody test status in Cats Protection adoption centres (2004)
A study was carried out to determine the prevalence of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) within a population of cats entering 10 UK adoption centres run by Cats Protection. All cats entering the adoption centres during 2004 were tested for FIV using a … -
A review of feline infectious peritonitis virus infection: 1963–2008
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A Vascular Hamartoma Arising from the Cervical Spine of a Cat
A 15-month-old cat presented for evaluation of worsening generalized proprioceptive ataxia. Computed tomography of the cervical spine revealed the presence of a compressive extradural bony mass involving the dorsal aspect of C1. Surgical exploration and … -
Effects of dietary sodium chloride on health parameters in mature cats
High sodium diets have been shown to enhance water intake and urine output, a potential benefit in the management of lower urinary tract diseases. However, one study suggested that high salt (sodium chloride) diets might have adverse effects on the … -
Pulsed-wave Doppler tissue imaging velocities in normal geriatric cats and geriatric cats with primary or systemic diseases linked to specific cardiomyopathies in humans, and the influence of age and heart rate upon these velocities
Pulsed-wave Doppler tissue imaging (pw-DTI) techniques allow the non-invasive assessment of myocardial dynamics. pw-DTI has demonstrated regional and global diastolic impairment in various forms of human and feline cardiomyopathy. We hypothesise that in …