Posts for Archives: Publication
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Feline lower airway disease: A retrospective study of 22 naturally occurring cases from Greece
In this retrospective study of 22 cats with lower airway disease of either intermittent (23%) or persistent nature (77%), the Siamese breed (55%) was significantly over-represented. Females (68%) were slightly but not significantly over-represented. No … -
Small Animal Radiology and Ultrasonography. A diagnostic atlas and text 3rd edition. Ronald L. Burk & Daniel A. Feeney. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2003. ISBN 0-7216-8177-8. 740 pages, 776 figures. £99
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Effects of high carbohydrate and high fat diet on plasma metabolite levels and on iv glucose tolerance test in intact and neutered male cats
To elucidate the impact of dietary influence on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism and on the development of diabetes mellitus in the carnivorous cat, a 3 weeks feeding trial was carried out on six sexually intact and six neutered adult male cats. The … -
Paradigms for pharmacologic use as a treatment component in feline behavioral medicine
Veterinary behavioral medicine remains an under-supported, under-appreciated, and under-taught specialty within veterinary medicine. Neuropsychopharmacology is the aspect that has provided the field with the most scientific legitimacy, but is also one of … -
Pain management in cats—past, present and future. Part 2. Treatment of pain—clinical pharmacology
Opioids have an unjustified reputation for causing mania in cats, but with refinements in dosing they are now used successfully in this species. The mu-opioid agonists are generally considered the best analgesics. Morphine (0.1–0.3 mg/kg) is effective in … -
Human severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and feline coronaviroses
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Feline necrotising sialometaplasia: A report of two cases
Unilateral swelling of submandibular salivary gland in two cats was diagnosed as necrotising sialometaplasia. Histological features that differentiate the disease from other salivary gland lesions, particularly neoplasia are: lobular necrosis of salivary … -
Veterinary Nursing: Third Edition; D.R. Lane and B. Cooper (Eds.)
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An Atlas of Interpretive Radiographic Anatomy of the Dog and Cat
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Disorders of the parathyroid glands
The three calcitropic hormones, parathyroid hormone (PTH), 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol and calcitonin are together responsible for calcium homeostasis in the mammal. Feline PTH is an 84 amino acid, single chain polypeptide with a molecular weight of …