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Cat with noticeable jaundice from late-stage hepatic lipidosis. Note the ears and eye-membrane. 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]
A major rule-out for C. felis is Mycoplasma haemofelis (formerly known as Haemobartonella felis); clinical signs can be similar to cytauxzoonosis and the organism may be confused on the peripheral smear. [4] Because it causes similar signs in outdoor cats during the spring and summer, tularemia is another disease the veterinarian may want to ...
Hyperbilirubinemia is a clinical condition describing an elevation of blood bilirubin level due to the inability to properly metabolise or excrete bilirubin, a product of erythrocytes breakdown. In severe cases, it is manifested as jaundice , the yellowing of tissues like skin and the sclera when excess bilirubin deposits in them. [ 1 ]
Hereditary hyperbilirubinemia refers to a group of conditions where levels of bilirubin, a byproduct of red blood cell metabolism, are elevated in the blood due to a genetic cause. [1] Various mutations of enzymes in the liver cells, which breakdown bilirubin, cause varying elevated levels of bilirubin in the blood. [2]
Laboratory findings will show a decreased packed cell volume (PCV) that is usually less than 20%, [2] an increased bilirubin, especially unconjugated bilirubin, and occult blood in the urine. A definitive diagnosis can only be made if alloantibodies are discovered in the mare's serum or colostrum and are shown to be against the foal's red blood ...
Here are the symptoms and warning signs to look out for. ... yet in the majority of cases cats display no symptoms at all, which makes it difficult to diagnose and treat. ... jaundice and anemia.
Clinical signs: the cat has become anorexic or is eating less than usual; has lost weight or failed to gain weight; has a fever of unknown origin; intra-ocular signs; jaundice. [ 18 ] Biochemistry: hypergammaglobulinaemia ; raised bilirubin without liver enzymes being raised.
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