My Favourite 10 Scientific Papers- Feline Medicine in August, September & October 2019

Chronic pain

Stadig S,Lascelles DBX, Nyman G, Bergh A. Evaluation and comparison of pain questionnaires for clinical screening of osteoarthritis in cats. Vet Rec. 2019 Oct 16. pii: vetrec-2018-105115.doi: 10.1136/vr.105115. Epub ahead of print

Behaviour

RachelForeman-Worsley,Mark JFarnworth. A systematic review of social and environmental factors and their implications for indoor cat welfare Applied Animal Behaviour Science Available online 7 August 2019,104841 In Press, Corrected Proof

Cardiology 

HenriettaFforde-Lutter, Christina Maunder and Emma Place. In cats with cardiogenic thromboembolism, is treating with aspirin associated with a better outcome? Veterinary Record 2019 Sep 28;185(12):376-377. doi: 10.1136/vr.l5690

King JN etal. Evaluation of benazepril in catswith heart disease in a prospective, randomized, blinded, placebo‐controlledclinical trial. J Vet Intern Med.2019 Sep 27. doi: 10.1111/jvim.15572. [Epub ahead of print]

Hepatic disease

Fluent etal. Retrospective study of the relative frequency of feline hepatobiliary disease in New Zealand based on 10 years of hepatic biopsy samples. Veterinary Record Open 2019;6:e000367.doi:10.1136/vetreco-2019-000367

ECC

HeidiPhillips, Jessica Corrie, Danielle M Engel, Daniel J Duffy, David E Holt,Allison R Kendall, Chad W Schmiedt, Autumn Vetter, Ilyssa L Meren, ChristelleFollette, David J Schaeffer, Philipp D Mayhew, Stanley L Marks. Clinical findings, diagnostic test results, and treatment outcome in cats with hiatal hernia: 31 cases (1995-2018) Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 2019Sep;33(5):1970-1976. doi: 10.1111/jvim.15583. Epub 2019 Aug 9

Infectious diseases

Lappin etal. 2019 AAFP Feline Zoonoses Guidelines. Volume: 21 issue: 11, page(s): 1008-1021 Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Article first published online: October 15, 2019; Issue published: November 1, 2019

Owners!

Wall M etal. Owner and cat-related risk factors for feline overweight or obesity. Front. Vet. Sci., 19 August 2019

Satyaraj etal. Keep the cat, change the care pathway: A transformational approach to managing Fel d 1, the major cat allergen. Allergy. 2019 Oct;74 Suppl 107:5-17

Urinary tract

Bradley et al. Predicting early risk of chronic kidney disease in cats using routine clinical laboratory tests and machine learning.  J Vet Intern Med. 2019 Sep 26. Epub ahead of print