Understanding animal population size and its demographic features is essential to address Public Health policies as well as to provide valuable information to pet industries and veterinary practitioners. Nevertheless, official data on feline population are not available worldwide. In the present study, the owned cat population size, its demographic attributes, and the ownership profiles have be...

HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES To describe the therapeutic use of pimobendan in cats, describe the patient population to which it was administered, document potential side effects and report the clinical course following administration of pimobendan in conjunction with standard heart failure therapy. It is hypothesized that cats with advanced heart disease including congestive heart failure from a varie...

BACKGROUND Endoscopic duodenal biopsies are relatively convenient, minimally invasive tests for infiltrative intestinal disorders of cats. Ileal endoscopic biopsies might not be performed because of technical difficulty and effort required to prepare the colon. It is not known whether or not histopathology of feline duodenal and ileal biopsies for detection of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) a...

OBJECTIVES To understand the epidemiology of animal bites and exposure, evaluate the animal exposure reporting system for surveillance of rabies postexposure prophylaxis (PEP), and identify opportunities to reduce PEP. DESIGN Period prevalence survey. STUDY POPULATION Pennsylvania residents in 1995. PROCEDURE Data from animal bite reports from Pennsylvania county health offices were summa...

Background: Previous studies have demonstrated that glomerular filtration rate (GFR) declines following treatment of hyperthyroidism independent of treatment modality. The post-treatment effects of Hill’s Prescription Diet y/d Feline on renal and muscle mass have not been evaluated. Hypothesis: Treatment of feline hyperthyroidism with y/d will create a euthyroid state with a decrease in renal f...

Cats are popular as pets worldwide because they are easy to care for and provide companionship that enriches the lives of human beings. Little attention has been focused on their potential to contaminate the environment with zoonotic pathogens. One such pathogen, the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii, rarely causes clinical manifestations in cats or immunocompetent humans; however, it can ha...

OBJECTIVES To compare the anaesthetic, analgesic and cardiorespiratory effects of intramuscular (IM) medetomidine and ketamine administered alone or combined with morphine or tramadol, for orchiectomy in cats. STUDY DESIGN Randomised, blinded, prospective clinical study. ANIMALS Thirty client-owned cats. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cats (n = 10 in each group) received a combination of medetomid...