Posts for Archives: Publication
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Chronic neurokinin-1 receptor antagonism fails to ameliorate clinical signs, airway hyper-responsiveness or airway eosinophilia in an experimental model of feline asthma
ObjectivesFeline allergic asthma is a common chronic lower airway disease characterized by clinical signs attributed to eosinophilic inflammation, airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR) and airway remodeling. Tachykinins released from sensory nerves and immune … -
Ischaemic distal limb necrosis and Klebsiella pneumoniae infection associated with arterial catheterisation in a cat
This case report describes dorsal pedal arterial thrombosis and infection with Klebsiella pneumoniae subsequent to arterial catheter placement in a cat. The complication led to avascular necrosis of the metatarsal and pedal soft tissue. The catheter was … -
Feline Focus
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Unusual rib metastasis in two cats with pulmonary carcinoma
Two cats had chronic respiratory signs associated with pulmonary carcinoma. In each case, computed tomography demonstrated similar pulmonary masses, pleural fluid and osteolytic expansile rib lesions as a result of local costal spread. This is the first … -
Yersinia Pestis Infection in Cats
Overview:Plague, the medieval ‘Black Death’, is caused by a Gram-negative coccobacillus, Yersinia pestis, which also infects cats. As in people, it is transmitted from rodents through flea bites; it occurs in Asia, Africa and the Americas in flea-infested … -
Giardiasis in cats
Overview:Giardia is a protozoan parasite that infects the small intestine of cats and can cause diarrhoea. The biotypes that affect cats do not appear to infect humans. Infection is most common in young cats, particularly from multicat backgrounds.Disease … -
Venturing further into feline infectious disease
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Feline Viral Papillomatosis
Overview:Papillomaviruses are epitheliotropic and cause cutaneous lesions in man and several animal species, including cats.Infection:Cats most likely become infected through lesions or abrasions of the skin. Species-specific viruses have been detected … -
An online survey to determine owner experiences and opinions on the management of their hyperthyroid cats using oral anti-thyroid medications
Hyperthyroidism is the most common feline endocrinopathy. Treatment options comprise anti-thyroid medication, iodine-restricted diet, surgical thyroidectomy and radioiodine. One hundred and eleven owners of hyperthyroid cats completed a detailed survey … -
Transsplenic portal scintigraphy using 99mTc-pertechnetate for the diagnosis of portosystemic shunts in cats: a retrospective review of 12 patients
Portosystemic shunts (PSS), congenital or acquired, occur uncommonly in the feline population. The diagnostic approach is similar to one in dogs suspected of a PSS based on the clinical signs and haematological and biochemical changes. Diagnostic imaging, …