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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, […]
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Mycoplasma spp
Mycoplasma haemofelis (previously known as Haemobartonella felis) is an epierythrocytic haemoplasma (to which Ehrlichia spp and Anasplasma spp belong) responsible for Feline Infectious Anemia (FIA)[1]. Four different species of feline mycoplasma have been characterised. Theses species were previously classified as rickettsial organisms due to their obligate parasitism, small size, erythrocyte tropism and suspected arthropod transmission. However, recent molecular sequencing and phylogeny data have […]
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Cancer
Cancer, or neoplasia, is the uncontrolled growth of cells due to damage to DNA (mutations). The cause(s) of cancer are complex and often multi-factorial. A leading trigger is chronic inflammation, from UV light, environmental chemicals, etc., accounts for approximately 25% of cancer cases, and viruses, bacteria and parasites contribute to a further 17.8% of the global burden […]
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Eosinophilic keratitis
Feline eosinophilic keratitis (FEK) is a relatively common corneal disease that appears in cats from 1 to 14 years of age with the average age of occurrence of <4 years of age. Castrated males are over represented in most studies. FEK commonly occurs in both domestic shorthair and the domestic longhair cats. However, this disease also is seen in specific breeds […]
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Keratoconjunctivitis sicca
Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) or ‘Dry eye’ is a rare eye disease of cats characterised by reduced or absent lacrimal tears. KCS may be a consequence of feline herpes viral infection, particularly following severe conjunctivitis when conjunctival cicatrization (scarring) can affect the function of the lacrimal ductules. Orbital trauma, direct trauma to the lacrimal gland and damage to […]