Background: Acquired skin fragility syndrome (ASFS) is a rare condition, which is characterized by spontaneous fragility of the skin and an absence of hyperextensibility. Even though the real pathogenesis of ASFS remains unknown that is reported generally with some iatrogenic causes and severe ...

The study mainly focuses on the feline pruritic skin diseases, the aim was to investigate and summarize the clinical features, analyzed the clinical efficacy of common treatment options, and focused on the application of oclacitinib in feline hypersensitivity associated dermatoses, and compared the ...

Objectives: This study aimed to understand epidemiological factors associated with feline cystadenomatosis, including signalment and papillomavirus PCR status. Cystadenomatosis is an uncommon condition primarily involving the ceruminous and apocrine skin and ear glands. Methods: This was a...

Background: Feline allergic diseases present as challenging problems for clinicians, not least because of the number of reaction patterns of the feline skin, none of which are specific for allergy. Furthermore, there is some controversy over the nomenclature that should be used in their...

Background: Feline atopic skin syndrome (FASS) is a pruritic and inflammatory skin disease commonly encountered in cats. Three previous reports evaluated cytokine immune activation in cats diagnosed with feline allergic dermatitis. However, no significant upregulations were observed in allergic ...

Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) are retroviruses causing significant morbidity and mortality in cats. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological, clinical and clinicopathologic aspects of FeLV and FIV infections in different populations of cats in ...

Practical relevance: Prior to 1990 papillomaviruses (PVs) were not recognised to infect or cause disease in domestic cats. Since this time, the use of histology, immunohistochemistry and, more recently, molecular techniques has revealed that PVs almost certainly cause feline viral plaques and...

Objectives: Feline hypersensitivity disorders lead to pruritus and skin irritation that impacts negatively the cat's wellbeing, so appropriate treatment is mandatory to bring quick relief. This multicentric prospective field study aimed at evaluating the performance of a protocol applying topical...

Objectives: Leishmaniosis is a vector-borne disease and in European countries is caused by Leishmania infantum. Cats are considered secondary reservoirs of the infection in endemic areas. The objective of this retrospective study is to describe the clinical findings, diagnosis, treatment and...

Oral presentations given during the BSAVA Abstract sessions 24-26 May 2021. Beta cell loss of function precedes islet loss in diabetic cats; Effect of time and storage conditions on the stability of total serum thyroxine in feline blood; Successful treatment of immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia...