Chronic Gastroenterocolitis in Nine Cats

Chronic Diarrhea in Cats

Feline inflammatory bowel disease Feline inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is the term applied to a group of poorly understood intestinal disorders that are associated with vomiting, diarrhea and weight loss in cats. Diagnosis is usually based upon subjective analysis of intestinal mucosal biopsies and qualified according to the dominant mucosal infiltrate, typically lymphocytes and plasma cells...

Chronic Bronchitis and Asthma in Cats

Reflex activity in chronic spinal cats.

Reflex activity of spinal mammals have been investigated mostly in acute spinal cats, or in chronic cats and dogs spinalized in the early postnatal stage and tested after various periods (Grayson and Mc Couch 1947, Shurrager and Dykman 1951, Kozak et al. 1962). The amount of data, concerning 'adult chronic spinal preparations, i.e. operated when the spinal cord has reached maturity, is very sca...

CHRONIC COUGHING IN CATS Part I: Causes

The first step of the investigation is to determine whether or not the cat is actually coughing. Careful questioning of the owner should rule out retching, gagging, or vomiting (particularly of fur balls). However, some cats will occasionally retch or vomit following a forceful bout of coughing, so the presence of a terminal retch should not be misinterpreted as evidence of gastrointestinal (GI...

Chronic Gingivostomatitis with Esophagitis in Cats

BACKGROUND Chronic gingivostomatitis in cats (FCG) is a debilitating disease with potentially deleterious effects on overall health. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES Little is known about the pathophysiology and overall impact of FCG. The aims of our study were to investigate whether gingivostomatitis occurs concurrently with esophagitis, if FCG treatment contributes to esophagitis and if esophagitis ex...