Objectives: The aims of this study were to validate a commercially available chemiluminescent assay for measurement of feline plasma adrenocorticotropic hormone concentration (ACTH), to determine the normal reference interval (RI) of plasma ACTH in healthy cats, to assess plasma ACTH in cats with...

A one-year-old spayed female Korean Shorthair cat presented to Kangwon National University Veterinary Hospital with vomiting, weight loss, lethargy, loss of appetite, and polyuria that lasted for more than two weeks. The body condition score, blood pressure, heart rate, and body temperature were...

In the past 20 years, the incidence of feline idiopathic hypercalcaemia has grown in prevalence. "Idiopathic" hereby describes increased levels of ionised blood calcium in patients in which even extensive diagnostic workup cannot indicate any of the other known differential diagnoses (e.g. chronic...

Two cats were presented with lethargy and anorexia. Clinically, the cats showed hypothermia and dehydration. Blood examination in both cats showed hyponatraemia, hyperkalaemia and additionally azotaemia in case 1 and hypercalcaemia in case 2. In both cats, an adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)...

Background: Calcium disorders are common in small animals, but few studies have investigated the etiology of ionized hypercalcemia and hypocalcemia in large populations. This study aimed to determine the incidence of ionized calcium disorders in dogs and cats treated at a tertiary referral clinic...

Hypoadrenocorticism, reported in humans, and dogs but more uncommonly in cats, is defined as insufficient production of mineralocorticoids and/or glucocorticoids in the adrenal cortex. The etiology of feline hypoadrenocortism is not clearly understood.

Primary hypoadrenocorticism, also known as Addison's disease and nicknamed 'the great pretender', is a rare disease in dogs and has been sporadically documented in cats. Documented cases of confirmed hypoadrenocorticism as a cause of neurological signs are limited. This report describes two cases...

A 4-year-old female neutered British Shorthair cat was presented as an emergency owing to progressive apathy, anorexia, adipsia, weight loss and weakness. Clinical findings showed severe weakness, collapse, weak pulse, bradycardia, hypovolaemia and hypothermia. Blood examinations revealed marked...

A 6-year-old male neutered cat was referred with a 3-month history of lethargy, chronic constipation, intermittent vomiting, inappetence, progressive weight loss, dysphagia and polyuria. Previous treatment with intravenous fluids, antimicrobials, glucocorticoids, laxatives and appetite stimulants...

Hypoadrenocorticism arises from insufficient adrenal gland function and is also known as Addison's disease, a rarely occurring disease (0.1%) in dogs. Due to its oscillatory course and overall nonspecific symptoms, it is a diagnostic challenge for clinicians, and is often misdiagnosed or unattended ...