Toxic hepatopathy is a direct injury to hepatocytes or other cells in the liver attributable to therapeutic agents or environmental toxins. Cats are particularly sensitive to phenolic toxicity because of limited hepatic glucuronide transferase activity.
Infectious causes of gastrointestinal disease in the cat are important for two reasons. The first is clearly the impact on the health of the cat itself.
In the 1991 consensus conference, sepsis was defined as evidence of infection and the clinical picture of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome. Severe sepsis is sepsis with evidence of organ dysfunction and hypotension or hypoperfusion. Septic shock is severe sepsis with refractory hypotension.
Cats who eliminate outside the litter box pose serious problems for owners that may force the family to place, surrender or euthanize the cat. In many cases, treatment is highly effective with resolution rates between 80-90% if the problem has been properly diagnosed.
Sweeping regulatory changes a result of adverse reactions.
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Why? Their growing numbers and their emphasis on community and collaboration, researchers say.
Providence, R.I. -- A state senator withdrew legislation that would have forced animal-control officers to impound feral cats.
New research concludes that monitoring urine protein-to-creatinine ratio should be part of the geriatric screening process in cats.
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Cats with diabetes can be challenging to monitor and treat because of the complex pathophysiology of the disease and cats' propensity for stress-related hyperglycemia.
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