Feline Medicine

A guide to urethral obstruction in cats

Fractious cats are an inevitable part of small animal practice.

A guide to calcium oxalate disease.

A practical guide to feline social organization and communication.

Feline upper respiratory infection (URI) is perhaps the most frustrating illness facing shelter veterinarians, managers and staff.

The most common behavior problem of cats is inappropriate elimination (IE).

It is only relatively recently that shelters actually house cats. Most older shelters were designed to house only dogs as this was the legal mandate of animal control.

Download and share this PDF handout to help clients remember to administer medications to pets at home.

Download and share this handout as a PDF or customizable Word document to reassure worried clients that feline diabetes is a chronic but treatable condition.

Newport, N.J. -- Winn Feline Foundation, a nonprofit funding group aimed at improving cat health and welfare, is accepting 2010 grant proposals.

Americans own far more cats than dogs, but dogs still seem to be America's most beloved pet.

This association estimates half of the dogs and cats in the United States are too heavy.

People should be vigilant on behalf of their animals, a veterinarian says.

Two brands of dry cat food were recalled in New York after they were found deficient in thiamine.

Put down the pencil and pick up a mouse for a new way to educate employees.

Dr. Michael Rehm shares his tips for promoting wellness care for clients

International Report -- Today is the third annual observance of World Rabies Day, a glocal rabies awareness campaign spearheaded by the United Kingdom charity Alliance for Rabies Control (ARC) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Lakewood, Colo. -- For the first time, a new Universal Pet Microchip Lookup Tool is available to help veterinary hospitals and shelters reunite lost pets with owners by checking participating pet-recovery services' registries.

Santa Monica has joined San Francisco in trying to limit declawing before a new state law takes effect Jan. 1.

Remind your team what goes in medical waste and what goes in the dumpster.

The number of rabies-infected cats was almost four times that of dogs in 2008.

The number of rabies-infected cats was almost four times that of dogs in 2008.

Fort Collins, Colo. -- Could your kitchen hold the cure to feline cancer? Possibly.

Frankin, Tenn.

In this video, Dr. Melissa Kennedy outlines how to diagnose this daunting disease.

Like the disease in humans, diabetes in cats is a multi-factorial process combining genetic factors with environmental ones.

Cushing's is a disease of middle-aged to older cats (7-12 years), and may be caused by a pituitary tumor (90% are adenomas), pituitary hyperplasia, adrenal tumors, adrenal hyperplasia, by non-endocrine tumors (usually lung) or it may be iatrogenic.

Let's look at the applicability of measuring blood pressure, methods of assessment and the interpretation of results in clinical practice.

Cats are notorious for concealing pain.

The etiology of plasma cell pododermatitis, an unusual condition in cats, is not known.