Periodontal disease is the most common infectious disease that occurs in feline patients. Although it occurs in cats of both sexes, different age groups and any breeds, the prevalence and severity seems much higher in ...

This masters dissertation was composed of two different parts, resulting in two scientific articles. The first article consisted of a comparative study between macroscopic, histological and immunohistochemical features ...

This study aimed to identify the main neurological and orthopedic diseases of dogs and cats referred to a physiotherapy service of a Veterinary Hospital, and to obtain information regarding age, sex, breed, physical therapy ...

Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a highly contagious, progressive and invariably fatal viral disease of cats, and occasionally of wild felids, which results from antibody-mediated hypersensitivity reactions (types ...

Sporotricosis is an acute or subacute mycotic infection caused by the Sporothrix complex species. The disease was already described in humans and in several animal species, mostly in cats, horses and dogs. Based on several ...

The genus Bartonella is comprised of Gram-negative re-emerging bacteria like Bartonella henselae, which infects humans and survives inside erythrocytes. This species is transmitted by scratches and bites from domestic cats ...

The prevalence of obesity and its association with metabolic diseases has been a growing concern in veterinary medicine. The cats, like humans, present a set of metabolic abnormalities such as insulin resistance and type ...

Among the retroviruses of veterinary interest are the feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), the most important domestic cat pathogens in the world. FeLV is mainly related to the occurrence ...

Introdução: A toxoplasmose congênita é uma doença infecciosa, sistêmica, cosmopolita, com graves consequências. Embora já muito estudada, ainda há uma carência de informações a respeito de aspectos soroepidemiológicos e ...