Posts for Archives: Publication
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Palliative intracavitary carboplatin therapy in a cat with suspected pleural mesothelioma
A 12-year-old neutered male oriental shorthair cat was referred to the Animal Health Trust for investigation of pleural effusion. Ultrasonography revealed marked irregular thickening of the pleural surface of the cranial and caudal mediastinum. … -
Book Review
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Letter to the editor
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Efficacy of a combination of febantel, pyrantel, and praziquantel for the treatment of kittens experimentally infected with Giardia species
This study evaluated the effect of two combination products containing febantel, pyrantel, and praziquantel (FPP) for the treatment of Giardia species in experimentally infected kittens. In experiment 1, five kittens were administered the United States (… -
Manual of Veterinary Dietetics Tony Buffingon, Cheryl Holloway, Sarah Abood Saunders, 2004, 220 pages, Hardback, ISBN 0721601235, £29.99
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Virulent systemic feline calicivirus infection: Local cytokine modulation and contribution of viral mutants
Virulent systemic feline calicivirus (VS-FCV) is a novel, emerging pathogen with mortality up to 67% even in previously healthy adult cats; VS-FCV has resulted in at least six epidemics since 1998. Affected cats have systemic vascular compromise and … -
Unusual histiocytic disease in a Somali cat
An 8-year-old Somali cat presented with a 9-month history of inappetence, vomiting and weight loss. The disease progressed to involve neurological signs associated with a mass lesion at the level of the first lumbar vertebra. Histopathology identified the … -
‘Wound cat’
‘Wound man’ refers to a stylised diagram used in early medical textbooks to illustrate the various injuries that the human body can sustain in battle. We have adapted this concept to create ‘Wound cat’, as a way to emphasise the type and location of … -
Effects of a single dose of an intranasal feline herpesvirus 1, calicivirus, and panleukopenia vaccine on clinical signs and virus shedding after challenge with virulent feline herpesvirus 1
The objective of this study was to determine whether intranasal administration of a commercially available FVRCP vaccine to kittens lessened clinical signs and feline herpesvirus 1 (FHV-1) viral shedding when compared to unvaccinated … -
Prevalence of selected infectious disease agents in cats from Arizona
The objective of this study was to use polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays to determine the prevalence of Ehrlichia species, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Mycoplasma haemofelis, ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum’ and Bartonella species from feral and …