doi:http://veterinarycalendar.dvm360.com/liver-disease-and-treatmentCanine and Feline liver disease diagnosis and treatment has improved dramatically over the last 20 years due to clinicians working to obtain a definitive diagnosis with improved diagnostic pro...
Feline infectious peritonitis is afatal diseaseof cats caused by feline coronavirus. Feline coronavirus infection is very common in cats, but in most cases causes no problems other than mild, self-limiting diarrhea. In rare cases, the virus mutates (changes) within an infected cat, and it is ...
Pancreatitis in cats is frequently accompanied by concurrent disease in other organ systems. Co-morbidities include hepatic lipidosis, inflammatory liver disease, bile duct obstruction, diabetes mellitus, inflammatory bowel disease, vitamin deficiency (B12/cobalamin, folate or K), intestinal lymphoma, nephr...
The prognosis for treated cats is good, with an expected life span of eighteen months to two years or more, with around one in three cats still being alive after four years. The ultimate cause of death is not usually associated with hyperthyroidism: cancers and kidney disease are the most c...
Pancreatitis in cats is caused by inflammation in the pancreas. Learn more about how pancreatitis affects your pet, symptoms to watch for and treatment options.
Cat scratch disease is an infection caused by bacteria known as Bartonella henselae. Although about 40% of cats carry the bacteria in their saliva at some point in their lives, cats that carry Bartonella henselae do not themselves show any signs of illness. Most people contract the disease ...
Tests such as blood tests and abdominal ultrasounds will be performed to look for the most common culprits, such as pancreatitis, stomach ulcers or liver disease. While it may be more common in dogs, it is also possible for cats to eat things that they shouldn’t which can cause blockage...
Focal ischemic stroke models, whether in larger mammals such as cats, dogs or non-human primates, or in rodents, usually involve occlusion of one MCA [18, 81–83]. Focal ischemia is differentiated from global ischemia in two ways. First, even at the core of the lesion, the blood flow ...
Accelerated decline and prognostic impact of renal function after myocardial infarction and the benefits of ACE inhibition: the CATS randomized trial Eur Heart J, 24 (2003), pp. 412-420 CrossrefView in ScopusGoogle Scholar 66 J.M. Testani, S.E. Kimmel, D.L. Dries, S.G. Coca Prognostic...
Pathogenic (disease-causing)bacteriaare often found in the mouths of cats with stomatitis: these may be a primary cause, or the bacteria may be a secondary complication, aggravating a milder form of inflammation that was initiated by some other primary cause. ...