A site for cat breeders and fanciers by Susan Little DVM  

Dr. Little received her BSc from Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada and her DVM from the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. She has been in feline practice for over 10 years and achieved specialty board certification in 1997. She is now part owner of two feline specialty practices in Ottawa, Canada. Her main areas of interest are cattery medicine, feline reproduction and management of stray and feral cat populations. The site has excellent articles on FCK, and another on Group G Strep.
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Fading Kittens  

The differential diagnoses for kitten losses can largely be narrowed based on the age of the affected kittens, since certain disease processes affect specific age groups of neonatal cats. Article by Julie K. Levy, DVM, PhD.
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Feline HCM  

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a common myocardial disorder of cats and is characterized by hypertrophy of the left ventricle. The cause of this hypertrophy is unknown, and while elevated growth hormone levels were observed in one study of cats with HCM and while acromegaly is associated with CHF, it seems more likely that the disease has a genetic basis, which is certainly the situation in many human patients with this condition. Recently, a description of HCM in a family of Maine coon cats has been reported. Other recognized causes of left ventricular hypertrophy, including systemic hypertension, hyperthyroidism, and subaortic stenosis, should be excluded before diagnosing HCM.
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List of Toxic Plants  

If you read the CFA List, you'll never own another plant for the rest of your life because it's so vague! Here is a more specific list with photos, toxic principals and clinical signs. We are not responsible for the use of this information.
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Pyometra - How to Save Your Queen's Breeding Career  

The clinical signs of pyometra include a vulvar discharge, depression, dehydration, anorexia, fever, weight loss and a distended abdomen. Any abnormal vulvar discharge in an intact queen should be assumed to be due to pyometra. However, 15-30% of queens have no vulvar discharge (due to a closed cervix).
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Reproductive Failure and Infertility in Cats  

Reproductive failure can arise at a number of different stages throughout the reproductive process. Until recently, normal hormonal patterns throughout oestrus and pregnancy in the cat were not known. Over the past few years, however, a number of studies into feline reproduction have begun.
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Ronidazole as a Treatment for Tritrichomonas foetus  

Please note that Ronidazole is not FDA approved for use in companion animals. This abstract was presented at the 23rd Annual Forum of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Baltimore MA; June 1-4, 2005.
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The Merck Veterinary Manual Online  

Includes over 12,000 indexed topics and over 1200 illustrations. Rapidly search by topic, species, specialty, disease, and keyword.
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The Winn Feline Foundation  

The Winn Feline Foundation is a non-profit organization, affiliated with The Cat Fanciers' Association, Inc., which supports health related studies into medical problems affecting cats. Projects funded by The Winn Feline Foundation have provided much of the information that is used every day in all aspects of feline veterinary medicine
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Trichomonosis In Cats  

Feline T. foetus infection is characterized by a waxing and waning large bowel diarrhea that occasionally contains fresh blood and mucus. Diarrhea is semi-formed to cow-pie in consistency and malodorous. Cats diagnosed with Giardia on the basis of direct fecal smear examination and that fail to respond to appropriate antimicrobial therapy should be closely re-evaluated for the possibility that the observed trophozoites were T. foetus.
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