An eight-month-old, male, neutered, domestic short hair cat was presented for further investigation of white granuloma-like lesions on the tongue and recent onset regurgitation. The owner reported that the cat had an 'unusual' gait. Moderate increases in alanine aminotransferase, aspartate...

Standard needle electromyography (EMG) of 56 muscles and nerve conduction velocities (NCV) of the ulnar and common peroneal nerves were investigated in each of six cats affected with hypertrophic feline muscular dystrophy, 10 related heterozygote carriers and 10 normal cats. The EMG findings were...

Case summary: A 6-year-old female spayed Birman cat presented with a history of weight loss, stiff and short-strided gait in the pelvic limbs and reluctance to jump, progressing to non-ambulatory tetraparesis over 6 weeks. Poor body condition, dehydration and generalised muscle wastage were evident ...

Polyradiculoneuritis is an acute-onset, monophasic, immune-mediated polyneuropathy that often follows an antecedent infection. It is more common in dogs and rare in cats. The most frequent type is Coonhound paralysis. This is similar to Landry-Guillain-Barré syndrome in humans and seems to be...

Two cases of focal tetanus in the cat are described. Clinical findings included severe muscular spasms of the pelvic limbs in one cat, and involvement of the thoracic limbs and muscles of the neck and face in the other. Electromyography in both cats showed spontaneous activity characterised by the...

After surgical repair of traumatically severed peripheral nerves, associated muscles are paralyzed for weeks. Little is known about fascicle length changes in paralyzed muscles during locomotion. The aim of this study was to investigate to what extent, if any, muscle fascicles of denervated feline...

Objective: To review monitors currently available for the assessment of nociception-antinociception in veterinary medicine. Databases used: PubMed, Web of Science and Google Scholar. The results were initially filtered manually based on the title and the abstract. Conclusions: The provision of...

Collaboration between veterinarians and other professionals such as engineers and computer scientists will become important in biorobotics for both scientific achievements and the protection of animal welfare. Particularly, cats have not yet become a significant source of inspiration for new...

Background: Reports of motor polyneuropathies in young cats are scarce. Further, in-depth electrophysiologic evaluation to confirm a motor polyneuropathy in young cats of various breeds other than 2 Bengal cats is lacking. Hypothesis/Objectives: To confirm a motor polyneuropathy in young cats of...

The clinical aspects, diagnosis, and treatment in incidence of megaoesophagus in dogs and cats are discussed.