Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (DM) in the cat can be hard to control due to other concurrent disorders that cause insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is also a part in the pathogeneses for type 2 DM in the cat. The coexisting factors and concurrent disorders that are discussed in this literature...

Objectives: Felinehyperthyroidism is the most common endocrine disease of older cats and radioiodine is considered to be the gold standard treatment. Isolation periods following treatment vary depending on both individual treatment facilities and the relevant legislation of the country; therefore,...

Urinary crystals and uroliths could harm cats by causing local or systemic symptoms that could vary from mild to severe. Regardless of the type of stone, the diagnostic methods are the same. However, in addition to detecting the stone alone, revealing the factors causing the formation of the stone...

Objectives: Hyperthyroidism frequently affects middle-to-older-aged cats that can present with cardiorespiratory signs. The effects of hyperthyroidism on cardiac size and function have been previously documented. Anecdotally, pulmonary hyperinflation identified on thoracic radiographs may also be...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to collect data from a substantial number of older cats having their systolic blood pressure (SBP) measured in a variety of clinical practices, to describe the findings and assess variables that affected the duration of assessment and the values obtained. ...

This two-part article provides an overview of aspects of feline chronic kidney disease (CKD). Remarkable new findings have been made in this area in recent years. CKD in cats is defined by functional and/or structural pathological changes in one or both kidneys persisting for at least three months. ...

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A few sex-linked genes control each of the main cat coat colour characteristics: black/orange, dilute/non-dilute, agouti/non-agouti, tabby/non-tabby and white/non-white. As the tortoiseshell coat colour is produced by a female cat with two X chromosomes, possessing one copy of the black and one...

Two hundred and six cats, aged between 7 and 10 years, from the North-west of the UK, were enrolled in a cat aging and welfare study to determine the frequency of age-related conditions and associations with husbandry, owner observations of physical appearance, activity and behavior. This is the...