The objective of this prospective study was to describe the medical reports of anemia in 194 cats with a hematocrit <0.26 l/l presented at the Small Animal Clinic, Freie Universität Berlin, between October 2009 and March 2011. Based on these data the cats were assigned to one of the following groups: acute blood loss anemia (BA), anemia of inflammatory disease (AID), hemolytic anemia (HA), anemia of renal disease (ARD),...

Objective: In 79 anaemic cats, the anaemia was characterized and the most common reasons for anaemia were classified. Cats were also tested for infections with feline haemoplasms. Material and methods: 79 anaemic cats (packed cell volume (PCV) <25%) and a control group containing 217 cats (PCV > 30%) from Southern Bavaria, Germany were...

Objectives: To describe the use of a xenotransfusion protocol, the outcome of xenotransfusion in recipient cats and to assess owner memory of the xenotransfusion. Materials and methods: Cats administered xenotransfusions in two hospitals between January 2016 and July 2018 were included. Adherence...

Objective: To evaluate the proportion of blood samples diagnosed with reticulocytosis without anaemia in cats and dogs and report the aetiology and mortality rate of affected animals. Materials and methods: Retrospective multicentre study including haematological examination of 3956 cats and 11,087 ...

This study was planned to determine the efficacy of doxycycline and oxytetracycline in the treatment of feline Mycoplasma spp. infections and to analyze risk factors as well as clinical and haematological findings. Cats accepted to the clinic with complaints such as weakness, loss of appetite and...

A 3-year-old Abyssinian cat presented with chronic diarrhoea and weight loss. Blood examination and abdominal ultrasound examination identified severe macrocytic hypochromic anaemia and thickened intestinal walls. Pyruvate kinase deficiency and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) were diagnosed based...

Due to its strong vascularization, the eye can be a target organ of systemic diseases. The aim of this prospective study was to examine cats suffering from systemic diseases for acute, pathological, ophthalmological findings. Cats that were presented to the Clinic for Small Animals, Freie...

The term anaemia indicates a pathologic condition characterized by a decreased concentration of hemoglobin (Hb) in blood, usually associated with a decreased number of erythrocytes (RBC) and/or of hematocrit (Ht). Anaemia depends on two pathogenic mechanisms: (1) decreased RBC production due toxic, ...

Anemia is a common hematological alteration in cats. The objective of this study was to evaluate the frequency of different types of anemia and the course of disease in cats with a hematocrit (hct) <0.26 l/l. In a period of 18 months 194 cats were included and assigned to different anemia groups based on history, physical examination and ...

Anemia is part of the erythrocytic system pathology and is characterized by a decrease in hemoglobin and in number of red blood cells in circulating blood, which is a common disorder both in animals and in humans. This study proposes to identify types of anemia according to morphological and...