Objectives: The aim of the study was to describe the coagulatory state of hyperthyroid cats before and after successful radioiodine therapy (RIT) compared with healthy age-matched controls, using classical coagulation parameters and thromboelastogram (TEG) as a global assessment method. The...

Objectives: The objectives of this study were, first, to report the haematological parameters and coagulation times for cats with a congenital portosystemic shunt (CPSS) and the influence of surgical shunt attenuation on these parameters; and, second, to identify any association between...

Case summary: A 14-year-old male neutered domestic medium-hair cat presented with a 4 month history of inappetence and weight loss. Pertinent abnormalities on haematology and biochemistry included a mild microcytic regenerative anaemia (packed cell volume [PCV] 24% [reference interval (RI) 30-45%], ...

Alterations in the haemostatic system were characterized in cats with different naturally occurring liver diseases. The study looked at 44 healthy cats and 45 cats with different liver diseases confirmed histologically or cytologically (neoplasia, n=9; inflammation, n=12; hepatic lipidosis, n=13;...

Objectives: Universal anticoagulant could be an alternative to the multiple blood sampling required for clinical pathology investigations in cats. An association of citrate, theophylline, adenosine and dipyridamole (CTAD) has been reported to be a good substitute for EDTA for haematology analysis...

CTAD (citrate-theophylline-adenosine-dipyridamole) has been shown to be an almost universal anticoagulant in human and feline medicine, allowing most hematology, coagulation, and biochemical analyses. Forty canine blood specimens were collected in CTAD, EDTA, heparin, and citrate for hematology,...

Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is an acquired syndrome characterized by intravascular activation of coagulation due to an underlying disease. A diagnosis of DIC in cats is challenging because there is no standardized scoring system with suitable inclusion criteria. The objective of...

Coagulopathy in cats (Felis catus) parasitized by Trypanosoma evansi in both the initial and chronic phases of the disease has been investigated. To address this issue, seven animals were infected with 10⁸ trypomastigote forms each, and six were used as control. Animals were monitored for 56 days...

22 cats with liver disease were evaluated for coagulation abnormalities including alterations in prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, thrombin time, factor VII activity and platelet count. The purpose of the study was to determine the prevalence of coagulation abnormalities in...

15 healthy female domestic shorthaired cats were used in this study. 12 of the cats were given a chondroprotective agent (250 mg glucosamine HCL, 200 mg sodium chondroitin sulfate, 38 mg manganese ascorbate) orally, twice daily for 30 days (twice the recommended dose). Three cats were untreated...