To address escalating concerns about livestock animal care and welfare it is necessary to better understand the factors that may predispose people to develop such concerns. It has been hypothesized that experiences with, beliefs about, and emotional connections to animals may influence level of perceived obligation toward and therefore concern for animals. However, the extent to which people’s ...

BACKGROUND Cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) are at risk for development of systemic thromboembolic disease. However, the relationship between platelet activation state and cardiovascular parameters associated with HCM is not well described. OBJECTIVES To characterize platelet activation by flow cytometric evaluation of platelet P-selectin and semiquantitative Western blot analysis ...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of concurrent disease in hyperthyroid cats is unknown. OBJECTIVES To identify the prevalence of concurrent intra-abdominal disease using abdominal ultrasound examination (AUS) in hyperthyroid cats referred for radioactive iodine treatment (RIT) and to determine whether the requirement for pretreatment AUS is justified. ANIMALS Five hundred and thirty-four client-ow...

Cats are routinely housed singly in cages in shelters, veterinary hospitals, and laboratories. An estimated 3.4 million cats enter shelters each year, and 40-78% of them are euthanized for illness, poor adaptation to confinement, and lack of space. Fifty-five percent of the 95.5 million owned cats visit a veterinarian each year, and some will be housed in a veterinary clinic for medical care. F...

BACKGROUND Immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA) is uncommon in cats, but may result in severe disease. Demographic predispositions for development of the disease and prognostic factors for mortality have not been investigated previously. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES To explore possible demographic predispositions for development of primary IMHA in cats and to investigate possible prognostic facto...

The efficacy and safety of robenacoxib were assessed for the control of postoperative pain and inflammation in cats. The study was a multicenter, prospective, randomized, blinded, and parallel group clinical trial. A total of 249 client-owned cats scheduled for forelimb onychectomy plus either ovariohysterectomy or castration surgeries were included. All cats received butorphanol prior to anest...

Abstract Although the domestic cat Felis catus is implicated in multiple faunal extinctions and threatens many extant species, there widespread, well‐funded advocacy for desexing unowned cats near human habitation returning them to site be fed by volunteers, arguing that this prevents euthanasia, unlikely hazardous wildlife or a public health risk, controls non‐native rodents. To contrary, we p...

We conducted a case-control study to investigate risk factors for acquiring autochthonous alveolar echinococcosis in Germany. Forty cases and 120 controls matched by age and residence were interviewed. Patients were more likely than controls to have owned dogs that killed game (odds ratio [OR] = 18.0), lived in a farmhouse (OR = 6.4), owned dogs that roamed outdoors unattended (OR = 6.1), colle...

Feline rhinotracheitis is a ubiquitous disease caused by feline herpesvirus type 1 (FHV-1). The disease is easily transmissible and common in multi-cat environments where even vaccinated cats can develop clinical signs of respiratory or ocular disease or both when exposed to the virus. Prior to the work reported here, there was no licensed treatment for the disease on the market. We hypothesize...

Gastrointestinal foreign body (FB) obstruction in felines is one of the emergencies and commonly required surgical interventions. The purpose this study was therefore to investigate risk factors that could prone cats ingest FB. This retrospectively conducted on sixty-five had been diagnosed with FB obstruction. On other hand, no clinical findings suggestive gastrointestinal illnesses were used ...