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Feline hepatic lipidosis, also known as feline fatty liver syndrome, is one of the most common forms of liver disease of cats. [ 1] The disease officially has no known cause, though obesity is known to increase the risk. [ 2] The disease begins when the cat stops eating from a loss of appetite, forcing the liver to convert body fat into usable ...
Opisthorchis felineus. Opisthorchis felineus, the Siberian liver fluke or cat liver fluke, is a trematode parasite that infects the liver in mammals. It was first discovered in 1884 in a cat's liver by Sebastiano Rivolta of Italy. In 1891, Russian parasitologist, Konstantin Nikolaevich Vinogradov (1847–1906) [2] found it in a human, and named ...
Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii, an apicomplexan. [ 3] Infections with toxoplasmosis are associated with a variety of neuropsychiatric and behavioral conditions. [ 8] Occasionally, people may have a few weeks or months of mild, flu-like illness such as muscle aches and tender lymph nodes. [ 1]
Feline infectious peritonitis. Initial phase: common cold -like symptoms. Later on: ataxia, muscle weakness, dysphagia . End phase: shortness of breath, urinary incontinence, paralysis. Usually fatal without treatment, but with GS-441524 treatment over 80% of treated cats make a full recovery. Feline infectious peritonitis ( FIP) is a common ...
Fatty liver disease ( FLD ), also known as hepatic steatosis and steatotic liver disease ( SLD ), is a condition where excess fat builds up in the liver. [ 1] Often there are no or few symptoms. [ 1][ 2] Occasionally there may be tiredness or pain in the upper right side of the abdomen. [ 1] Complications may include cirrhosis, liver cancer ...
Cat-scratch disease. An enlarged lymph node in the armpit region of a person with cat-scratch disease, and wounds from a cat scratch on the hand. Cat-scratch disease ( CSD) is an infectious disease that most often results from a scratch or bite of a cat. [ 4] Symptoms typically include a non-painful bump or blister at the site of injury and ...
Liver disease. Liver disease, or hepatic disease, is any of many diseases of the liver. [ 1] If long-lasting it is termed chronic liver disease. [ 3] Although the diseases differ in detail, liver diseases often have features in common.
9,490 (2019) [ 3] Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is a tropical parasitic disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. It is spread mostly by insects in the subfamily Triatominae, known as "kissing bugs". The symptoms change over the course of the infection.