Source: CVC IN KANSAS CITY PROCEEDINGS
August 1, 2009
By:
Margie Scherk, DVM, DABVP (feline practice)
Vaccination is a key component of preventing infectious disease in individuals as well as reducing the risk of exposure to (and by) others.
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Source: CVC IN KANSAS CITY PROCEEDINGS
August 1, 2009
By:
Margie Scherk, DVM, DABVP (feline practice)
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.
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Source: CVC IN KANSAS CITY PROCEEDINGS
August 1, 2009
By:
Debra L. Zoran, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Like the disease in humans, diabetes in cats is a multi-factorial process combining genetic factors with environmental ones.
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Source: CVC IN KANSAS CITY PROCEEDINGS
August 1, 2009
By:
Debra L. Zoran, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Cats are obligate carnivores. This statement is news to no one, and yet we often don't recognize the importance of that statement or feed them accordingly.
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Source: CVC IN KANSAS CITY PROCEEDINGS
August 1, 2009
By:
Debra L. Zoran, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
Lower urinary tract diseases of cats are a common, and sometimes frustrating, group of clinical problems that practitioners must deal with.
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Source: CVC IN KANSAS CITY PROCEEDINGS
August 1, 2009
By:
Alice M. Wolf, DVM, DACVIM, DABVP
Renal insufficiency/failure is the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in older cats.
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Source: CVC IN BALTIMORE PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2009
By:
Kristy Dowers, DVM, MS, DACVIM
Anemia is a common blood work abnormality in many species, including cats. Determining the regenerative nature of the anemia guides the workup of the case.
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