Chylous Pleural and Peritoneal Effusion in a Cat with Feline Immunodeficiency Virus ; Diagnosis by Lipoprotein Electrophoresis
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Chyloperitoneum is an uncommon condition in contrast to chylothorax in cats [4, 6]. However, there are cases with a diagnosis of idiopathic chylous effusion in which a cause is not identified [2, 3]. There have been many publications describing the effects of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) on cats. However to the present authors’ knowledge this is the first report of a cat with chylous pleural and peritoneal effusion associated with FIV.
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