Prognostic importance of plasma total magnesium in a cohort of cats with azotemic chronic kidney disease [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Hypomagnesemia is associated with increased mortality and renal function decline in humans with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Magnesium is furthermore inversely associated with fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), an important prognostic ...
Andrukhova+81 more
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Incidence, severity and prognosis associated with hypernatremia in dogs and cats. [PDF]
BackgroundHypernatremia has been associated with substantial morbidity and death in human patients. The incidence and importance of hypernatremia in dogs and cats has not been determined.Hypothesis/objectivesTo describe the incidence of and prognosis ...
Epstein, SE, Hopper, K, Ueda, Y
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Six cats (Nos. 1-6) were inoculated intramuscularly with (1 × 106) and orally (5 × 105) tachyzoites of Neospora caninum. Three (Nos. 1-3) of the six cats were given 40 mg/kg methylprednisolone acetate 7 days before and on the day of inoculation with N. caninum tachyzoites, and three cats (Nos. 4-6) were not given methylprednisolone acetate.
T. P. Lipscomb+2 more
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Time spent with cats is never wasted: Lessons learned from feline acromegalic cardiomyopathy, a naturally occurring animal model of the human disease [PDF]
BackgroundIn humans, acromegaly due to a pituitary somatotrophic adenoma is a recognized cause of increased left ventricular (LV) mass. Acromegalic cardiomyopathy is incompletely understood, and represents a major cause of morbidity and mortality.
A Colao+80 more
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A 9-year-old male mixed breed cat showed chronic progressive neurological symptoms, which are represented by ataxia and seizures. At necropsy, spinal roots and spinal ganglions at the level of sixth cervical nerve to second thoracic nerve were bilaterally swollen and replaced by white mass lesions.
Yuji Sunden+6 more
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Physical and Behavioral Measures that Predict Cats' Socialization in an Animal Shelter Environment during a Three-Day Period [PDF]
Information from surveys completed by the cats' caregivers provided a score for the level of socialization of cats. We examined the effectiveness of structured assessments and measures in their ability to distinguish More and Less Socialized cats in a ...
Katherine Miller+2 more
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Estimation of the dietary nutrient profile of free-roaming feral cats: possible implications for nutrition of domestic cats [PDF]
Cats are strict carnivores and in the wild rely on a diet solely based on animal tissues to meet their specific and unique nutritional requirements. Although the feeding ecology of cats in the wild has been well documented in the literature, there is no ...
Bosch, G.+2 more
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Factors influencing the relationship between the dose of amlodipine required for blood pressure control and change in blood pressure in hypertensive cats [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a common problem in elderly cats. In most cats, systolic blood pressure (SBP) of
Bijsmans, E S+5 more
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We investigate the fine grained object categorization problem of determining the breed of animal from an image. To this end we introduce a new annotated dataset of pets covering 37 different breeds of cats and dogs. The visual problem is very challenging as these animals, particularly cats, are very deformable and there can be quite subtle differences ...
Parkhi, O+4 more
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The Best Model for a Cat is the Same Cat … or is It? [PDF]
Effect of Antiepileptic Drugs on Spontaneous Seizures in Epileptic Rats. Nissinen J, Pitkänen A. Epilepsy Res 2007;73:181–191. The present study investigated whether spontaneously seizing animals are a valid model for evaluating antiepileptic compounds in the treatment of human epilepsy.
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