My favourite feline medicine-papers in February 2020

Don’t you sometimes feel overwhelmed by the number of papers published every week? Once a month I choose a few feline medicine publications that I find particularly interesting or controversial.

Feline leishmaniosis: diagnosis, treatment and outcome in 16 cats.

 

Detection of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in cats using an immunochromatographic test (ICT) based on GRA7 antigen.

Effects of arginine and ornithine supplementation to a high‐protein diet on selected cellular immune variables in adultcats.

 

Safety of algal oil containing EPA and DHA in cats duringgestation, lactation and growth. 

Suspected hepatopathy and pancreatitis associated with mycophenolate mofetil use in a cat with immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia.

Contraceptive implants used by cat breeders inFrance: a study of 140 purebred cats

Evaluation of targeted bupivacaine for reducingacute postoperative pain in cats undergoing routine ovariohysterectomy.

Sedative and physiologic effects oftiletamine-zolazepam following buccal administration in cats.

Changes in the stress markers cortisol andglucose before and during intradermal testing in cats after singleadministration of pre-appointment gabapentin.

Thoracic dog bite wounds in cats: aretrospective study of 22 cases (2005–2015)

Bilateral lung lobe torsions in a cat

Sciatic neuropathy in an acromegalic cat withoutconcurrent diabetes mellitus.