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Anaesthetic & Pain Relief Anal Sac Anaemia Animal Abuse
Anorexia Arthritis Blindness Behaviour
Blood Bordatella Bowel Calicivirus
Cancer Cat Collectors Cat Food Cathererization
Cat Scratch Disease Chediak-Higashi Syndrome Chlamydia Chylothorax 
Colitis Constipation Cryptococcosis Cutaneous Asthenia
Cytauxzoonosis Deaf Cats Dental Desexing
Diabetes Dysautonomia Early Spay/Neuter Epilepsy
Eyes Feline Acne Feline Anatomy Feline Asthma
Feline Chylothorax Feline Leukaemia  Feline Porphyria FIP
First Aid FIV FLUTD FSE (Mad Cat Disease)
Giardia GM1 & GM2 Gangliosidosis Granulomatous Meningoencephalomyelitis GSD
Haemobartonellosis Hair Health-General Heart Conditions
Heart Vascular Hereditary Myopathy Hendra Virus Herpes
Hip Dysplasia Home Made Recipes Hypercalcemia Hyperlipidemia
Hyperthyroidism Hypokalemia Hypothyroidism IBD
Inappropriate Elimination Kidneys    

 

Abscess

Abscess in Cats

Abscesses 

Abscess and Other Wounds in Cats 

All about Abscesses in Dogs and Cats 

Fight Wound Infections 

Skin Abscess 

Wounds and Abscesses

Acupuncture

Acupuncture As A Treatment For Aching Animals

Acupuncture for Animals 

Acupuncture in the Treatment of Animals 

Homeopathy, Acupuncture, Herbalism and Veterinary Medicine

What is Acupuncture? 

Adrenal Disorders 

Cushing's Disease in Cats

Addistons Disease (Hypoadrenocorticism)   

Cushing's Disease Affects Dogs, Cats & People  

Cushings Disease and Your Pet  

Endocrine Diseases- Hyperthyroidism, Hypothyroidism, Cushing's and Addison's  

Endocrine System and Disorders

Feline Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases and Disorders of Keratinization - Acrobat 

Hypoadrenocorticism (Addison's Disease)

What is Cushing's Disease in a Cat? By Dr Cushing  

What is Cushing's Disease in a Cat?  

Aggression  

Aggression in Cats

Aggression 

Biting & Scratching 

Biting & Scratching 

Explaining Cat Aggression Towards People

Fearful or Defensive Aggression 

Re-Directed Aggression Towards Humans 

Re-Directed Aggression Towards Other Cats 

Social Aggression Between Cats Sharing A House 
 
When Purrs Become Bites 

Anaesthetic & Pain Relief

Anaesthesia 

Anaesthesia and Analgesia in the Cat  

Anaesthesia and Your Pet 

Anesthesia in Cats 

Cat Intubation

Feline Anaesthesia in the New Millennium

Local Anaesthesia and Local Anaesthetic Techniques

Local Anaesthetic Nerve Blocks and Oral Analgesia

Managing Pain in Felines

Pre Anaesthetic Tests 

Returning Home After Anesthesia 

Safe Anaesthesia 

Suggestions for Monitoring Anaesthetized Veterinary Patients

Tranquillisers, and Anaesthetic Agents in Laboratory Animals Use of Analgesics

Use of Fentanyl Patches in the Cat - WINN

Veterinary Anaesthesia
- On line Text Book

Your Pet is Going to be Anaesthetized

Anal Sac

Anal Gland 

Anal Gland Problems 

Anal Sac Disease 

Anal Sac Disease in the Cat 

Anal Sac Disorders 

Anal Sac Problems 

Anal Sac Secretion 

Don't Ignore Your Pet's Pain in the Butt! -University of Illinois

More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Anal Sacs! 

Anemia

Anemia 

Anemia 

Anemia in the Cat

Cat Eats Dirt 

Immune-mediated Anemia 

Animal Abuse

If You Suspect Animal Abuse 

Reporting Animal Cruelty, Neglect and Abuse 

Anorexia

Anorexia in Cats

Anorexia

Feline Anorexia 

Helping your sick cat eat 

If Your Cat Stops Eating 

Ways to stimulate appetite in cats

Arthritis

Feline Arthritis

Alternatives For Treating Kitty-Feline Arthritis

Arthritis

Arthritis

Arthritis & Cats

Arthritis and Glucosamine Resource Center 

Arthritis in Cats

Arthritis in Cats and Dogs

Arthritis in Cats & Dogs Resource Center

Arthritis (Osteoarthritis)

Causes of Arthritis & Other Joint Disease

Erosive, Immune-mediated, Polyarthritis


Feline Arthritis

Genetic Diseases in Cats: by Richard Malik 

Glucosamine Chondroitin and MSM

Glucosamine & Chondroitin Treatments in Cats

Immune Mediated Arthritis

Nonerosive, Immune-mediated Polyarthritis

Septic Arthritis

What Medications Are Available to Treat Cats With Arthritis?

Behaviour (also see Inappropriate Elimination)

Feline Spraying

How To Stop Your Cat Scratching The Furniture

Introducing Your Cat to Your New Baby

Keeping Cats off Christmas Trees

Keeping Cats off the Houseplants

Keeping Cats off Kitchen Benches

Keeping Cats Out of Cots

Keeping Cats Out of Gardens

Keeping Indoor Cats Happy

Nocturnal Cats

Over-grooming In Cats

Pica in Cats

Toilet Training Kittens

Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour 

Dogs with Cats.com - A site about Dogs living with Cats in harmony.

Feline Urine Spraying 

Indoor Toileting Problems - Feline Advisory Bureau, UK 

Pam-Johnson Bennet (message board)

Litterbox Problems & Spraying Help

Perfect Paws - From the Cats point of View 

Planet Urine - Feline Urination Problems 

A Practical Approach to Housesoiling - Susan Little, DVM 

Preventing Feline Inappropriate Elimination Behaviour - College of Veterinary
Medicine, Washington State University 

The Secret to Calming Anxious Pets

Roger Tabor 

Teaching your Cat Not to Scratch and Bite 

Tooth & Nail--Overcoming Your Cat's Nasty Habits

Inappropriate Defecation  

Blindness

Living With A Blind Cat

Blindness

How Do I Deal With A Blind Pet?

Sudden Blindness and Vestibular Syndrome 

Sudden Onset Blindness Due to Hypertension 

Blood & Blood Disorders also see Haemobartonellosis 

Blood and Lymph Disorders of Cats - Michael Richards, DVM 

Blood Type Incompatibility and Kitten Mortality - Winn Feline Foundation

Complete Blood Count (CBC)

Current Transfusion Therapy for Anaemic Cats

Feline Blood Groups - Dr D Ardee 

Feline Blood Types 

Haematology

Haematology Atles - Cornell 

Hemostasis 

Immune-Mediated Haemolytic Anaemia and Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia 

Inherited deficiencies of the coagulation (eg Haemophilia) 

Parasites of Red Cells- Cornell 

Prevalence of Low Automated Platelet Counts in Cats: Comparison with prevalence of Thrombocytopenia based on blood Smear estamites -Acrobat

Red Blood Cell Morphology -Cornell

Transfusion Medicine in Small Animals
 
UF Veterinarians Blood Type Mismatch in Breeding is Leading Cause of Fading
Kitten Syndrome University of Florida 
  

Bordetella

Bordetella in Cats

Bordetella Bronchiseptica - Is YOUR Cattery at Risk?

Bordetella Bronchiseptica in Cats

The Feline Bordetella site

Prevalence of Bordetella Bronchiseptica in Cats

Bowel also see Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Constipation in Cats

Constipation in Cats - Feline Advisory Bureau, UK 

Constipation in Cats Margaret Muns, DVM

Diarrhoea in the Cat - Feline Advisory Bureau, UK

Calicivirus

Feline Calicivirus

An isolated epizootic of hemorrhagic-like fever in cats caused by a
novel and highly virulent strain of feline calicivirus Journal of
Veterinary Microbiology 73 (2000) 281-300
(Acrobat)

Calicivirus - A broad Host Range - all animals.

Calicivirus Sequence Database

Feline Calicivirus (FCV) 

Feline Calicivirus 

Feline Calicivirus - Clinical Signs Mouth Ulcers (image)  

Feline Calicivirus - Clinical Signs Ulcers on the Nasal Septum (image)  

Feline Calicivirus - Pathogenesis of Feline Respiratory Diseases 

Feline Calicivirus - A need for vaccine modification?

Feline Calicivirus Research at Liverpool University

Focal Outbreak of an Unusually Virulent Strain of Feline Calicivirus

Highly Virulent Feline Calicivirus Infection

Cancer

Animal Cancer Care - QLD University Australia

Animal Cancer

Are Breast Tumours in Cats Often Cancerous? 

Drug-Laser Therapy is Promising Treatment For Pet Cancer - CNN News Report 

Epithelial Tumours & Tumour & Tumour Like Lesions

Feline Cancer Resources 

Feline Oncology

Hope for Pets with Brain Tumours 

Insulinoma

Insulinoma in the Dog, Cat and Ferret

Retrospective study of 60 cases of feline lymphosarcoma

Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Treating Malignant Tumours in Cats and Dogs 

What is a Gastrinoma? 
  
What is the Prognosis for Oral Cancer in a Cat?  

Cat Collectors

Animal Collector Syndrome

Animal Collectors

Animal Collectors

Animal Collectors: The Hidden Dangers 

Ailurophilia Gone Bad: A New Mental Illnessess?

Cat Collectors

Collective Concern

The Collector

Handling Animal Collectors (Part 1 - Interventions That Work)

Handling Animal Collectors  (Part 2 - Managing A Large Scale Rescue Operation)

Kindness Gone Bad

Loving Animals to Death

People Who Hoard Animals

The Problem With Cat Collectors 

The Tragedy of Animal Collectors

What's The Deal With Cat Ladies?
 
When Cat Fancy Goes Too Far 

Catheterization

Urinary Catheterization of the Female Cat

Urethral Catheterization

Cat Scratch Disease (bartonella henselae)

Cat Scratch Disease

Cat Scratch - CFA

Cat Scratch Disease

Cat Scratch Disease

Cat Scratch Disease

Cat Scratch Disease

Cat Scratch Disease

Cat Scratch Disease in Humans - By Dr. Margaret Muns, DVM

Cat Scratch Disease National AIDS Treatment Information Project 

Unravelling Mysteries Associated With Cat Scratch Disease, Bacillary Angiomatosis, and Related Syndromes - CDC

Chediak-Higashi Syndrome

Chediak-Higashi Syndrome 

Chlamydia

Azithromycin

Chlamydia - A General Overview - written by Yechiel Becker

Chlamydiae as Pathogens: New species and new issues

Chlamydial Infection in Cats - FAB

Current Concepts in Antimicrobial Therapy for Small Animals

DNA TEST Chlamydiae

Dosing Your Cat with Azithromycin Paediatric Suspension (Fanciers Health
Yahoo Group Members)

Prevalence of Feline Chlamydia Psittaci and Feline Herpesvirus 1 in Cats
with Upper Respiratory Tract Disease.


Zithromax - The Modern Treatment of Feline Chlamydia By Dr David Richardson

Chylothorax

Chylothorax in Cats

Chylothorax 

Chylothorax 

Chylothorax: A Mysterious Disease of Cats 

CritiCare Case Report: Feline Chylothorax 

Feline Chylothorax 

Colitis also see IBD

Colitis in Cats

Answering Your Questions About Colitis 

Colitis 

Colitis

Colitis 

Colitis 

Constipation and Megacolon

Constipation in Cats

Constipation 

Constipation in Cats

Constipation in Cats 

Constipation and Megacolon 

Digestive Problems in Cats - Megacolon 

Cryptococcosis   

Cryptococcosis  

Cryptococcosis of Cats

Cryptococcal infection in cats: factors influencing treatment outcome, and results of sequential serum antigen titres in 35 cats. (abstract) 

Cryptococcus Neoformans

Pulmonary Cryptococcosis and Capillaria Aerophila Infection in an a FIV Positive Cat - acrobat  

Cutaneous Asthenia

Feline Cutaneous Asthenia 

Feline Cutaneous Asthenia - Winged Cats - What are they? 
 
What is Cutaneous Asthenia in a Cat? 

Cytauxzoonosis - also see parasites 

Cats Catching Deadly Disease From Ticks 

Cytauxzoonisis 

Cytauxzoonosis

Cytauxzoonosis

Cytauxzoonosis in Cats: An Overview 

Cytauxzoonosis in Cats: An Emerging Disease for Kansas Practitioners 
  
OSU Vet Med Researcher Studys Feline Cytauxzoonosis  

Deaf Cats

Advice for Looking After Deaf Kittens and Cats 

Congenital Deafness and Its Recognition 

Deaf Cats Club 

Deafness in Dogs and Cats 

Genetics & the White Cat 

The Little Deaf Cat Who's Uniqueness Makes Him So Special 

White Cats and Deafness - By Roy Robinson 

Dental

Cat Dental Health Problems 

Chronic Gingivitis in the Cat - From the CFA Health Committee 

Dental Homecare

Dental Problems

Lymphocytic/Plasmacytic Gingivitis 

Mouth Care and Your Cat 

Health: Dental

Desexing (also see Early Spay/Neuter)

Cat Facts: Spay & Neuter Programs - CFA 

The Myths and Facts of Spaying and Neutering 
 
Neuter and Spay - It's the Humane Way -
CFA  

Neutering Your Cat - FAB 

Preventive Care- Neutering Your Pet- Pet Overpopulation and Your Role as a Responsible Pet Owner 

Pethood or Parenthood - AVMA 

Postponing Spaying and Neutering Can Cost Pet Lives - by Gina Spadafori 

Want A Healthy and Happy Pet? Spay and Neuter - by Maryann Lawrence, ACFA 

Diabetes

Diabetes in Cats

Diabetes in Cats - Cornell 

Diabetes in Cats - By Dr. Margaret Muns, DVM

Feline Diabetes.com 

Feline Diabetes - Cat-World

Feline Diabetes - CFA 

Home Testing of Blood Glucose Levels in Diabetic Cats

How to Test Your Pet's Blood Glucose at Home

New Advances in the Treatment of Feline Diabetes Mellitus (DM) (AAFP Winter
1999 meeting) 

Over Representation of Burmese Cats With Diabetes Mellitus  

Pets with Diabetes

Sugar Diabetes 
 
Syringes and Insulin Injections 

Dysautonomia 

A Brief History of Dysautonomia  

Diagnosis and Management of Dysautonomia in Dogs

Feline Dysautonomia

Successful Treatment of Feline Dysautonomia - abstract

What is Dysautonomia?  

Early Spay/Neuter  (also see Desexing)

Cat Facts: Spay & Neuter Programs - CFA 
 
Neuter and Spay - It's the Humane Way-CFA  

Epilepsy

The Cat Clinic: Feline Epilepsy  

Feline Seizures and Epilepsy 

Idiopathic Epilepsy

Euthanasia 

Euthanasia in Cats

Euthanasia 

Euthanasia - Gentle Death, Painful Decision 

Euthanasia What to Expect 

The Facts About Euthanasia 

Feline Euthanasia and Coping With Cat Loss 

Hospice Care- Ending Life With Compassion 

The Most Painful Decision 

Eyes also see Herpes, Chlamydia,  Calcivirus, PRA, Mycroplasma 

Conjunctivitis in Cats

Adeno-Associated Virus-Mediated Correction of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Storage in Feline
Mucopolysaccharidosis VI. 

Animal Eye Diseases

Conjunctivitis in Cats

Conjunctivitis in Cats

Cyclosporin (Optimmune) 

Ectropion

Entropion

Eyeworm (Thelazia Californiensis)

Eyes

Eyes

Eyelid Abnormalities

Eyevet

Feline Infectious Conjunctivitis (Acrobat)

Lens Luxation

Progressive Retinal Atrophy/Degeneration in Cats

Prolapsed Gland of the Third Eyelid (Cherry Eye)

Protruding Third Eyelid 

Repetitive Eye Infections In Cats 

Strabismus (Crossed eyes)   
  
Third Eyelid Protruding  

Veterinary Vision Hospital

Feline Acne & Stud Tail also see  Skin/Hair Allergies & Disorders 

Feline Acne

Acne 

Feline Acne

Feline Acne

Feline Acne 

Feline Acne and Stud Tail 

Feline Acne - The Animal Network

What is Acne 

What is Feline Acne and How is it Treated?  

What Causes “stud tail” in a Cat?  

 

Feline Anatomy

Cat Muscles
Created by R. Roper and C.Parker for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community
College, USA, this site provides a multimedia tutorial on cat muscles. 

Warning: This site contains graphic images.

Feline Skeleton - W3Commerce 
 
Feline Muscle Structure - W3Commerce 

Feline Claws - W3Commerce 

Normal Cat Anatomy
Produced by the College of Veterinary Science at Washington State
University, USA, this site contains colour images of normal cat anatomy.

Virtual Cat Anatomy 
Created by R. Roper and C.Parker for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community
College, USA, this site is a multimedia tutorial on cat anatomy structures. 
Normal Cat Anatomy.

Warning: This site contains graphic images.

Feline Asthma

Feline Asthma

Cat's Cough Could Mean Feline Asthma - Kansas State University 

Feline Asthma 

Feline Asthma - Antech News 

Feline Asthma - CFA

Feline Asthma - The College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State 

Feline Asthma Dr. Margaret Muns, DVM

Feline Asthma- WINN 

Feline Asthma & Other Respiratory Disorders 

Fritz the Brave!- Feline Asthma

Inhaled Drugs for Feline Asthma 

New treatments Being Considered for Feline Asthma 
 
VetCentric - New Ways to Manage Feline Asthma
  
Feline Leukaemia Virus 

Feline Leukemia Virus

Can Anything Be Done to Save the Persistently Infected Cats?

Chloe's Web: Feline Leukaemia Virus (FeLV) Support Site 

Cornell Feline Health Center - Feline Leukaemia Virus 

FeLV 

FeLV: What To Do If Your Cat Tests Positive

Feline Leukaemia: Prevention and Control Through Nutritional Immunotherapy 

Feline Leukaemia Support 

Feline Leukaemia Virus FAQ 

Feline Leukaemia Virus - CFA

Feline Leukaemia Virus - FeLV- FAB

FeLV  The University of Glasgow 
 
FeLV Notes For Owners - The University of Glasgow 

Fighting FeLV 

Feline Porphyria

Congenital Feline Porphyria Presentation 

Feline Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cat Disease)

Animal Prion Diseases 

Feline Spongiform

Feline Spongiform Encephalopathy

Feline Spongiform Encephalopathy

The Official Mad Cow Disease Home Page

Swiss Cat Diagnosed With Feline Form of Mad Cow Disease 

FIP & Coronavirus

Abdominal distension caused by ascites (image)

Ascites evident on necropsy (image)

A Comparison of Lymphatic Tissues From Cats With Spontaneous Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP), Cats With FIP Virus Infection But no FIP, and Cats With No Infection. - (Abstract)

Diagnosis

FCOV

FIP

FIP

FIP: Clinical Presentation & Diagnosis

FIP: Evaluation of the Vaccine 

FIP: An Overview of Prevention, Diagnosis, & Treatment 

FIP: Pathogenesis 

FIP: Transmission

Feline Infectious Peritonitis FAQ

Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) - Cornell Feline Health Centre 

Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIPV)

Feline Infectious Peritonitis Revisited 

FIP and Coronvirus - Dr D Ardee 

Interpreting the FIP Profile 

Fluffy Opacity of the Anterior Chamber of the Eye Due to Haemorrhage and Fibrin Clot Formation Characteristic of the Non-Effusive Form (image)

Laboratory Profiles in Cats With Different Pathological and Immunohistochemical Findings Due to Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP) - (Abstract)

Lesions of the Effusive Form on Necropsy (image)

Long-term impact on a closed household of pet cats of natural infection with
feline coronavirus, feline leukaemia virus and feline immunodeficiency
virus. Addie DD, Dennis JM, Toth S, Callanan JJ, Reid S, Jarrett O. (2000)-
Abstract


Orion Foundation 

Prevalence and Genetic Pattern of Feline Coronaviruses in Urban Cat
Populations. Kiss I, Kecskemeti S, Tanyi J, Klingeborn B, Belak S. (2000) -
Abstract

Prevalence of Feline Leukaemia Virus and Antibodies to Feline Immunodeficiency Virus and Feline Coronavirus in Stray Cats Sent to an RSPCA Hospital. - (Abstract)

A Review of Coronavirus Infection in the Central Nervous System of Cats and
Mice. Foley JE, Leutenegger C. (2001) - Abstract


The Second International Feline Coronavirus/Feline Infectious Peritonitis Symposium 

A Study of Naturally Occurring Feline Coronavirus Infections in Kittens -
Diane Addie, O Jarret (1992) - Abstract

Two Related Strains of Feline Infectious Peritonitis Virus Isolated from Immunocompromised Cats Infected With a Feline Enteric Coronavirus

Unravelling the Secrets of Feline Infectious Peritonitis

Update on Feline Coronavirus Disease 

An Update on Feline Infectious Peritonitis Veterinary Sciences Tomorrow
(Jan 2001)

Virologic and immunologic aspects of feline infectious peritonitis virus
infection. Pedersen, N. C. (1987). Abstract