A wet-chemistry biochemical analyzer was assessed for in-practice veterinary use. Its small size may mean a cost-effective method for low-throughput in-house biochemical analyses for first-opinion practice. The objectives of our study were to determine imprecision, total observed error, and acceptability of the analyzer for measurement of common canine and feline serum analytes, and to compare ...

The pathogenicity of Felis catus gammaherpesvirus 1 (FcaGHV1), a common infection of domestic cats, is unknown. To explore an association between FcaGHV1 detection and feline lymphoma, a retrospective, cross-sectional, disease-association study was conducted. The infection status of all cats for feline immunodeficiency virus and feline leukaemia virus was determined. Neither a molecular diagnos...

Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is the most feared infectious cause of death in cats, induced by feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV). This coronavirus is a virulent mutant of the harmless, ubiquitous feline enteric coronavirus (FECV). To date, feline coronavirus (FCoV) research has been hampered by the lack of susceptible cell lines for the propagation of serotype I FCoVs. In this st...

Impaired insulin sensitivity is increasingly recognised in cats, but sequences of genes involved in insulin-signalling are largely undetermined in this species. In this study, extended feline mRNA sequences were determined for the adiponectin, glucose transporter-1 (GLUT1), GLUT4, peroxisome proliferative activated receptor-gamma1 (PPARgamma1), PPARgamma2, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI...

Feline Pancreatic Lipase: Purification and Validation of a Clinically Significant Radioimmunoassay for the Diagnosis of Feline Pancreatitis. (December 2003) Benjamin Gregg Wilson, B.S., Texas A&M University Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Jörg M. Steiner Serum lipase activity has traditionally been used for diagnosis of pancreatitis in human beings and dogs. However, serum lipase activity is n...

Kessell, A., McNair, D., Munday, J., Savory, R., Halliday, C., Malik, R. (2017). Successful treatment of multifocal pedal Prototheca wickerhamii infection in a feline immunodeficiency viruspositive cat with multiple Bowenoid in situ carcinomas containing papillomaviral DNA sequences. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports. [More ...

Feline panleukopenia is a highly contagious, often fatal, viral disease of cats. This scientific report aims to describe information about treatment suspect feline in cat at Healthy Pet Madiun East Java, Indonesia. Daily observations on (Moni) hospitalized for dehydration, vomiting and diarrhoea, WBC count 1,400 cell/mm 3 . The had components monitoring, medication, biosecurity application. Mon...

Exposure of bobcats (Lynx rufus) and gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) to a range of common canine and feline pathogens was assessed in urban and rural zones of Golden Gate National Recreation Area, a National Park in the San Francisco Bay Area, (California, USA) from 1992 to 1995. Testing included serology for canine distemper virus, canine parvovirus (CPV), canine adenovirus, Leptospira i...

Cheetah populations are diminishing rapidly in their natural habitat. One reason for their decline is thought to be a high susceptibility to (infectious) diseases because cheetahs in zoos suffer from high disease-induced mortality. Data on the health status of free-ranging cheetahs are scarce, and little is known about their exposure and susceptibility to infectious diseases. We determined sero...

Abstract Background Domestic cats rarely develop hepatocellular carcinoma. The reason for the low prevalence is unknown. Reductions in ploidy have been associated with hepatic carcinogenesis. Recent work mice has shown that livers more polyploid hepatocytes are protected against development of Hepatocyte domestic cat not evaluated. We hypothesized would be reduced peri-tumoral and neoplastic co...