Felipedia

Month: July 2018

  • Preparation For Cat Adoption

    Bringing home a new cat as an addition to your family is an exciting experience. Before picking out the cutest kitten from shelters, homes, streets or country barns, you must thoroughly prepare your home as a safe environment for your cat. Here are some tips that will help you in making sure that your new […]

  • Feline corneal sequestrum

    Feline corneal sequestrum are a relatively common eye disease of cats which begins as a corneal ulcer and gradually worsens despite aggressive therapy[1]. Corneal sequestrum refers to the development of an opaque, dark brown to black plaque on the cornea which is a dead piece of corneal tissue. Sequestra are usually oval to round, they can be quite small […]

  • Seizures

    Seizures are a relatively common neurological disease of cats. A seizure is a clinically detectable manifestation of paroxysmal, excessive, and synchronous discharges of a population of hyperexcitable cerebral neurons. They are usually sudden in onset, short in duration and spontaneously resolve. Seizures which occur frequently are categorised as epilepsy. Seizures are thought to occur through the action of […]

  • Sacrocaudal dysgenesis

    Sacrocaudal dysgenesis is a common neurological disease of Manx cats. This is a malformation involving the caudal part of the neural tube and associated sacrocaudal somites. As a rule there is agenesis of the caudal vertebrae and the caudal sacral vertebrae. Spina bifida often occurs in the remaining sacral vertebrae and occasionally the 7th lumbar vertebra. This vertebral column […]

  • Domestic shorthair

    “The phrase ‘domestic cat’ is an oxymoron. George Will A domestic shorthaired cat (DSH) is a cat fancy term used to describe a shorthaired cat that does not have a pedigree or belong to a recognized cat breed. The domestic shorthair should not be confused with the American Shorthair, which is a Cat Fanciers’ Association […]

  • FIV in felines

    Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a lentivirus (subfamily Lentivirinae) that causes an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in cats; so-called ‘Cat AIDS’. First identified in 1986, FIV belongs to the Lentivirus group which also includes FeLV (Feline leukemia virus) and FFV (Feline foamy virus)[3]. Studies of wild cats, such as the Pallas’ cats of Mongolia, suggest FIV has probably been around […]

  • Hyperthyroidism

    Hyperthyroidism is the most common endocrine disorder affecting the thyroid gland of older cats, characterized classically by elevated total thyroxine (T4) above the reference range of 20-40 nmol/L. Iodine content of the diet has been suggested as a likely etiologic factor in feline hyperthyroidism[1]. It is uncommon to see hyperthyroidism in cats under 10 years of age, and […]

  • FHV (feline herpes virus)

    The feline herpesvirus I (FHV-1) is one of the most common viral infections in cats, and is responsible for the clinical disease known as feline viral rhinotracheitis, an upper respiratory tract infection known colloquially as Cat Flu. FHV-1 has the ability to persist in latent form in the trigeminal nerve, making reccurrence (or recrudescence) of […]

  • Eosinophilic granuloma complex

    Feline eosinophilic granuloma complex (EGC) is a common inflammatory skin disease of cats, which consists of a group of lesions that affect the skin, mucocutaneous junctions, and oral cavity. Feline eosinophilic dermatoses is the term now used to encompass EGC lesions[1]. EGC is not a specific disease but simply several cutaneous reaction patterns in cats. […]

  • Feline behaviour

    Cats are essentially asocial. This is often miscontrued as demeaning by cat lovers (ailurophiles), or sociopathic by ailurophobes. The reason for their asocial nature relates to the hard-wiring of their brain, specifically their cerebral cortex. In order to maximise utilisation of cerebropinal reflexes essential for hunting, cats have evolved into great hunters by maximising physical […]