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2. Chronic kidney disease in cats - Wikipedia

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   Cats are carnivores. The kidney is a vital organ with a variety of tasks. It plays an important role in maintaining the water, electrolyte and acid-base balance, in the excretion of toxic metabolic degradation products such as urea and in the recovery of valuable substances such as glucose, amino acids, peptides and minerals initially filtered out of the blood during ultrafiltration in the ...

3. Feline hyperthyroidism - Wikipedia

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   Concurrent renal disease is not uncommon in hyperthyroid cats and renal disease can complicate treatment for hyperthyroidism. The two symptoms may mask the serum levels used to diagnose the other condition. Some estimates have up to 40% of hyperthyroid cats having chronic kidney disease. [2]

4. Familial renal disease in animals - Wikipedia

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   Renal dysplasia is a type of familial kidney disease characterized by abnormal cellular differentiation of kidney tissue. Dogs and cats with kidney disease caused by these diseases have the typical symptoms of kidney failure, including weight loss, loss of appetite, depression, and increased water consumption and urination. [1] A list of ...

5. Capromorelin - Wikipedia

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   Capromorelin, sold under the brand names Entyce and Elura, is a medication used for the management of weight loss in cats and dogs. [5] [6] Capromorelin is a ghrelin receptor agonist known to increase appetite and weight gain. [2] Capromorelin was developed by Pfizer. [7] [8] Capromorelin was approved for veterinary use in the United States in ...

6. Meloxicam - Wikipedia

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   It adds that cats have a low tolerance for NSAIDs. [49] [50] Also, in another scientific journal there is talk of research according to which cats that received meloxicam had greater proteinuria at 6 months than cats that received placebo. It was concluded that meloxicam should be used with caution in cats with chronic kidney disease. [51]

7. Cat health - Wikipedia

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   The disease begins when the cat stops eating from a loss of appetite, forcing the liver to convert body fat into usable energy. Feline lower urinary tract disease is a term that is used to cover many problems of the feline urinary tract, including stones and cystitis. The term feline urologic syndrome is an older term which is still sometimes ...

8. List of veterinary drugs - Wikipedia

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   praziquantel – treatment of infestations of the tapeworms Dipylidium caninum, Taenia pisiformis, Echinococcus granulosus; prazosin – sympatholytic used in hypertension and abnormal muscle contractions; prednisolone – glucocorticoid (steroid) used in the management of inflammation and auto-immune disease, primarily in cats

9. List of feline diseases - Wikipedia

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   Feline disease refers to infections or illnesses that affect cats. They may cause symptoms, sickness or the death of the animal. Some diseases are symptomatic in one cat but asymptomatic in others. Feline diseases are often opportunistic and tend to be more serious in cats that already have concurrent sicknesses.