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Vaginitis in Cats
Vaginitis, defined as an inflammatory disease of the vagina, occurs commonly in cats secondary to bacterial infections such as Chlamydia spp and Citrobacter spp infection, traumatic matings and foreign bodies[1] and pyometron. In addition, some generalized dermatoses can affect the vagina, including desquamative inflammatory vaginitis and atrophic vaginitis[2]. Ascending infections from the vagina can lead […]
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Chlamydia in Felines
Chlamydiosis, cause by Chlamydophila felis, is a common bacterial disease of cats which causes upper respiratory tract disease, conjunctivitis and pneumonia[1]. Because the symptoms of chlamydiosis in cats primarily involves upper respiratory tract disease, it needs to be distinguished form Cat Flu, which has similar presenting symptoms. C. felis was first isolated from the lung […]
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Triage
Triage is a term derived from the French language, meaning a process of selecting or prioritising. In feline medicine, triage is a pragmatic process of prioritizing patients based on the severity of their condition and the underlying life-threating nature of that illness. It focuses on treating those illness in an appropriate logical manner to avoid unnecessary, […]
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Toxins
Toxins which can affect cats are numerous, but fortunately less common than occurs in dogs, mainly due to the cat’s greater discriminatory powers over what they eat and when[1]. The most commonly reported intoxications are due to flea collars (pyrethrin and OP overdoses) and the majority of these are sub-lethal dosing requiring conservative therapy. Their […]
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Surgery
Anaesthesia – General anaesthesia – Local anaesthesia – Pain management – Fluid therapy Surgical equipment – Suture material Surgical procedures – Butterfly catheter placement Surgery of the skin – Abscesses Surgery of the limbs – Cruciate ligament repair – Limb amputation Surgery of the head and neck – Transsphenoidal hypophysectomy – Ocular enucleation – Aural haematoma – Bulla osteotomy – Oesophagostomy tube placement – Thyroidectomy – Myringotomy – Ancillary test – Brainstem […]
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Feline Xrays
Normal 10 y.o. female neutered DSH 6 y.o. male neutered DSH 7 y.o. male neutered DSH 7 y.o. male neutered DSH Diseases Fracture of the left femoral neck Salter-Harris type 1 humeral dislocation Megaoesophagus due to Dysautonomia Operative portography demonstrates a single extrahepatic porto-systemic shunt. The splenic vein is cannulated and contrast medium is seen to pass from […]
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Tritrichomoniasis
Tritrichomonas foetus is a common feline protozoan parasite that causes diarrhoea and inflammatory bowel disease in high-density populations of young, purebred cats worldwide[2][3]. This parasite should be included in any differential of feline gastroenteritis[4], where other common gut protozoa such as Giardia spp and more rarely, Pentatrichomonas hominis[5][6] have also been reported[7]. Beginning in 1996, several reports have documented the presence of large numbers of trichomonads in faecal […]
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Giardia spp
Giardia duodenalis and G. felis are a cosmopolitan protozoan intestinal parasite that causes diarrhoea of cats[1]. Co-infection with Tritrichomonas fetus is common[2]. Similar to Isospora spp, and Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia spp have been reported to be found in a significant number of cats in multi-cat households and cat shelters, with a higher rate of infection in younger animals[3]. The infective Giardia trophozoites inhabit the mucosal surfaces of the small intestine, […]