Detection of Heart Murmurs
Kudos to all who faithfully bring their beloved feline companions to the veterinarian every year for a wellness check. This is the best way...
Regulating Sugar Levels
Q:My 11-year-old neutered male has developed diabetes. We’ve been giving insulin twice a day for over a month now, starting out at 1 unit...
Most Common Heart Disease
It can be difficult to notice early heart disease in cats due to the fact that they are relatively sedentary and stoic in nature....
Shots: Choosing Is Confusing
Vaccines have played a huge role in the prevention of infectious diseases, both in humans and in animals, for hundreds of years. They’ve no...
At-Home Glucose Testing
Just as in humans, feline diabetes is a chronic disease in which the body cannot properly produce or respond to the hormone insulin. This...
Probiotics For Digestion
Probiotics are live microorganisms (mainly bacteria) that live in a healthy gastrointestinal tract. Supplementing probiotics is thought to help replenish the population of good,...
Herbicide Kills Parasites Found in Cat Feces
Researchers recently reported in ACS Infectious Diseases that some common herbicides can kill the parasite T. gondii, which is found in cat feces and...
Filtered Water, Pesticides, and Kidney Disease
Q. We are a multi cat household that has housed as many as 23 cats over the years, and we currently have 12 strictly...
Diagnosing Diarrhea
“My cat has diarrhea.” Sounds simple, right? It’s not. With many different causes for diarrhea, it can be a painful process to get to...
Owner Gives COVID to Cat
According to a release from the University of Pennsylvania, scientists identified a domestic house cat, treated at Penn Vet’s Ryan Hospital, that was infected...
Monitor for Parasites
In a 2021 study published in Animals, a peer-reviewed open-access publication, researchers found that 58.2% of cats in rescue and 82.2 % of free-roaming...
“Sudden” Blindness
Cats are notoriously good at hiding early symptoms of disease, often providing few clues until things get so bad that normal functioning is impossible....