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Feline asthma. Feline asthma is a common allergic respiratory disease in cats, affecting at least one percent of all adult cats worldwide. It is a chronic progressive disease for which there is no cure. Common symptoms include wheezing, coughing, labored breathing and potentially life-threatening bronchoconstriction.
Flat-chested kitten syndrome (FCKS) is a disorder in cats wherein kittens develop a compression of the thorax (chest/ribcage) caused by lung collapse. [citation needed] This is a soft-tissue problem and is not caused by vertebral or bony malformation. However, lung collapse can be a secondary symptom caused by bony deformity affecting the ...
Feline viral rhinotracheitis. Feline viral rhinotracheitis (FVR) is an upper respiratory or pulmonary infection of cats caused by Felid alphaherpesvirus 1 (FeHV-1), of the family Herpesviridae. It is also commonly referred to as feline influenza, feline coryza, and feline pneumonia but, as these terms describe other very distinct collections of ...
Cat behavior includes body language, elimination habits, aggression, play, communication, hunting, grooming, urine marking, and face rubbing. It varies among individuals, colonies, and breeds. Communication and sociability can vary greatly among individual cats. In a family with many cats, the interactions can change depending on which ...
Agonal respiration, gasping respiration or agonal breathing is a distinct abnormal pattern of breathing and brainstem reflex characterized by gasping, labored breathing, accompanied by strange vocalizations and myoclonus. [1]: 164, 166 Possible causes include cerebral ischemia, extreme hypoxia (inadequate oxygen supply to tissue), [2] or even ...
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 and ...
Feline calicivirus. Feline calicivirus (FCV) is a virus of the family Caliciviridae that causes disease in cats. It is one of the two important viral causes of respiratory infection in cats, the other being Felid alphaherpesvirus 1. FCV can be isolated from about 50% of cats with upper respiratory infections. [ 2 ]
Cri du chat syndrome is a rare genetic disorder due to a partial chromosome deletion on chromosome 5. [ 1 ] Its name is a French term ("cat-cry" or " call of the cat ") referring to the characteristic cat-like cry of affected children (sound sample [1]). [ 2 ] It was first described by Jérôme Lejeune in 1963. [ 3 ]