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Year 2018 - Volume 38, Number 1
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Neurological diseases in cats: 155 cases, 38(1):107-112
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ABSTRACT.- Chaves R.O., Togni M., Copat B., Feranti J.P.S., Silva A.P., França R.T., Fighera R.A. & Mazzanti A. 2018. [Neurological diseases in cats: 155 cases.] Doenças neurológicas em gatos: 155 casos. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 38(1):107-112. Departamento de Clínica de Pequenos Animais, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Av. Roraima 1000, Santa Maria, RS 97105-900, Brazil. E-mail: rafaelochaves@hotmail.com
A retrospective epidemiological study on neurological disease of cats was performed using data from cats admitted to a Veterinary Teaching Hospital from 2001 to 2014. The aim the study was to determine the age, sex race, and type of neurological disease affecting cats and identify these diseases according to the anatomical region and disease classes, specified under the acronym DINAMIT-V. One hundred and fifty five cats with neurological disease were observed during 13 years; the diagnosis was confirmed in 112 (72.2%) and was presumptive in 43 (27.8%). Mixed breed cats (77.9%) were the most commonly affected, followed by Persian and Siamese cats. The most affected anatomic sites were segments T3-L3 of the spinal cord (28.4%) and thalamic-cortical area (24.5%). Most cats (43.9%), were diagnosed with trauma, mainly spinal cord trauma, followed by inflammatory/infectious disease (33.5%). It is concluded that the neurological disorders in cats have higher prevalence in the spinal cord and thalamic-cortical areas and that the most frequent class of disease is trauma. Data obtained may assist future studies regarding neurological diseases in cats. |
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