BACKGROUND Thyroid cysts are rare in cats and poorly documented. OBJECTIVES To report distinguishing clinical features and treatment responses of cats with thyroid cysts. ANIMALS Forty client-owned cats. METHODS Retrospective review of medical records for cats with thyroid cysts confirmed by scintigraphy, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, or necropsy at 4 referral centers between 20...

BACKGROUND Duration of survival of cats with naturally occurring chronic kidney disease (CKD) is poorly characterized. HYPOTHESIS Stage of kidney disease based on serum creatinine concentration (SCr) at the time of diagnosis and after correction of prerenal azotemia is strongly associated with duration of survival in cats. ANIMALS Two hundred and eleven client-owned cats with naturally occu...

OBJECTIVES To estimate heart rate-normalized pulmonary transit times (nPTTs) in cardiomyopathic cats with or without congestive heart failure (CHF). To assess potential associations of echocardiographic variables and nPTT and to evaluate nPTT as a test for the presence of CHF. ANIMALS Forty-eight privately owned cats. METHODS nPTT was measured using echocardiography and the ultrasound contr...

BACKGROUND Direct measurement of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is the preferred method to assess renal function in cats, but it is not widely used in the diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (CKD). In cats with CKD, symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA) has been shown to increase and to correlate with plasma creatinine concentrations. HYPOTHESIS In cats, reduced GFR corresponds with increased s...

BACKGROUND Although there has been a reduction of rabies in pets and domestic animals during recent decades in the United States, rabies remains enzootic among bats and several species of terrestrial wildlife. Spillover transmission of wildlife rabies to domestic animals therefore remains a public health threat METHODS Retrospective analysis of surveillance data of reported animal incidents (...

Aim: This serological survey was undertaken to estimate the prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in two populations of dogs (stray and owned dogs) in Grenada. Dogs get infected with oocysts voided from cats, definitive hosts of T. gondii. In dogs, T. gondii causes subclinical to clinical disease. Earlier studies conducted in Grenada on a small population of owned dogs showed evidence of exposure to ...

Bartonella sp. and Rickettsia DNA were detected in cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché), collected from urban, client-owned cats (Felis catus L.) dogs (Canis lupus familiaris at Tulsa, OK, during 2017. henselae (Regnery et al. 1992) was four of six fleas (67%) one cat, while (Bouyer 2001) eight five animals.

This prospective observational study evaluated client-reported recurrence of lower urinary tract signs (LUTS) and other signs of abnormalities in cats with idiopathic cystitis after institution of multimodal environmental modification (MEMO). Forty-six client-owned indoor-housed cats with idiopathic cystitis, diagnosed based on a history of recurrent LUTS and evidence of absence of urolithiasis...

OBJECTIVE To identify behavioral alterations in client-owned cats recovering at home following elective ovariohysterectomy or castration and determine owner perceptions regarding severity of postoperative pain. DESIGN Cohort study. Animals-145 cats undergoing elective ovariohysterectomy (n = 80) or castration (65) at 4 veterinary clinics in Finland. PROCEDURES Owners were asked to complete ...

BACKGROUND Iron deficiency is a proposed mechanism for the anemia that occurs in cats with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Minimal research investigating the iron status of these cats has been performed. OBJECTIVE To compare indicators of iron status in cats with CKD versus healthy cats and cats with nonrenal illness (NRI). To compare indicators of iron status in anemic versus nonanemic cats wi...