in the present report, diagnosis and treatment of a case with follicular ovarian cysts in a 5-year-old persian queen cat is described. in response to palpation of spines, the queen cat presented herself in lordosis and danced up and down with her rear legs. trans-abdominal ultrasonography examination showed 2 cysts  in the left ovary of the queen. serum estrogen assay indicated elevated level o...

In the present study we aimed to evaluate the effects of methanolic extracts of the bulbs of Garlic (Allium sativum L., Alliaceae) and Persian shallot (Allium ascalonicum L., Alliaceae ) and leaves of Sage (Salvia officinalis L., Lamiaceae ), ASE, AAE and SOE respectively, on the antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPX) and catalase (CAT) activities a...

Rexoid, curly hair mutations have been selected to develop new domestic cat breeds. The Selkirk Rex is the most recently established curly-coated cat breed originating from a spontaneous mutation that was discovered in the United States in 1987. Unlike the earlier and well-established Cornish and Devon Rex breeds with curly-coat mutations, the Selkirk Rex mutation is suggested as autosomal domi...

Mycetoma is an infectious, noncontagious disease caused by free-living bacteria (actinomycetoma) or fungi (eumycetoma) that are traumatically implanted into the body.1 In humans, the hand and foot are the most commonly affected sites and involvement of the abdominal wall or viscera is rare.1–3 Causal agents of mycetoma produce organized aggregates of bacteria or fungal hyphae called grains in a...

This report describes a case of dermoid cyst localized subcutaneously in the abdominal region, 2 cm to the right of linea alba in a six-year-old, neutered male Persian cat admitted with complaints of painful defecation and abdominal licking. A laparatomy was performed and the mass was seen to have penetrated the periton and extended into the abdominal space with a stalk located among the abdomi...

A 3-year-old Persian queen was referred to Teaching Veterinary Hospital while 3 neonates' umbilical cords were entangled with the queen's tail hair. Close inspection of the cat showed that the umbilical cords of 3 kittens had twisted around together and entangled with the moms' hairs in the base of tail region. Also this complex has been warped around the left tarsus of one of the involved kitt...