Cats

Cats

What makes a cat? ‘Cat’ is one of the first one hundred words children learn. Cats are familiar as pets, numbering some 60 million in the US, and five times that many in the world. Cat domestication is young compared to dogs and barnyard animals, less than 6000 years old. Descended from the African wildcat Felis sylvestris, house cats are first a companion animal, but they were initially bred a...

Herding Cats

Vaccination in cats – vaccination recommendations in healthy and immunosuppressed cats

Introduction Vaccination is the most important measure to prevent infectious diseases in cats, especially those caused by viruses. In general, only healthy cats should be vaccinated. Thus, cats with acute diseases or short term immunosuppressive treatment should not be vaccinated, and vaccination should be postponed until recovery or after termination of the treatment course. In some situations...

Dyslipidemia in obese cats.

Obesity is an important endocrine disorder in cats and is a risk factor for diabetes similar to humans. The goal of this study was to examine the effect of long-term obesity and different diets (high protein, and high carbohydrate supplemented with saturated fatty acids or n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids) on plasma lipids in the fasted and fed states in 12 lean (LEAN) and 12 obese (OBESE) cats ...

Itraconazole daily ringworm cats

of oral terbinafine (Lamisil; Sandoz) in the treatment of feline ringworm caused by. Fifteen cats infected with M canis were treated orally once daily with 30 mg/ kg of terbinafine over a 2-week period. Jul 16, 2015. Itraconazole is an antifungal drug that inhibits the growth of fungal organisms by. Overview Itraconazole for Dogs and Cats commonly known as "ringworm" and toenail infections. Rin...