Pandora Syndrome in Cats

Pandora Syndrome – Beyond the Bladder and LUT Signs

What is Pandora Syndrome ? Is this terminology more helpful than FUS or FLUTD or IC ? Results of studies over the past 20 years indicate that idiopathic/interstitial cystitis in cats is the result of complex interactions between the bladder, nervous system, adrenal glands, husbandry practices, and the environment in which the cat lives. A recent review emphasizes that many cats with a diagnosis...

From Fus to Pandora Syndrome, Part 1: Background and Diagnosis

Separation anxiety syndrome in dogs and cats.

Short bowel syndrome in dogs and cats.

various clinical signs that may result from removal of a large part of the small intestine with or without removal of part of the large intestine. SBS is common in humans and, especially, infants but is uncommon in dogs and cats because most animals that need large portions of intestine removed are euthanized. The decreased absorptive surface area of the small intestine due to extensive resecti...

Training Crisis Managers with PANDORA

This short paper introduces a novel use of timeline-based planning as the core element of a dynamic training environment for crisis managers called PANDORA. A trainer is provided with a combination of planning and execution functions that allow him/her to maintain and adapt a “lesson plan” as the basis for the interaction between the trainer and a class of trainees. The training session is base...