Common Cat Conditions

Ringworm is the common name for a fungal infection that affects superficial layers of hair, skin, and nails.

Acute liver failure in dogs and cats is the loss of liver function that occurs rapidly (in days or weeks).

Feline leukemia virus is a retrovirus that infects cats. FeLV was first documented in domestic cats in the 1960s.

Otitis is inflammation of the ear. Since it can occur in multiple areas of the ear, it’s usually distinguished as otitis externa (of the passage of the outer ear), otitis media (of the middle ear), and otitis interna (of the inner ear; labyrinthitis).

A food allergy is a reaction to a specific food by the body’s immune system.

Seizures in pets, also called convulsions or fits, are sudden neurologic events that cause changes in consciousness and involuntary movement.

Pancreatitis is inflammation of the exocrine part of the pancreas. The pancreas is a glandular organ located in the abdominal cavity near the stomach which produces several important hormones.

These are aggregations of minerals and other substances in the bladder.

This condition is a cancer of the white blood cells known as lymphocytes B or T, lymph tissues, lymph nodes (glands), spleen, liver, bone marrow, and thymus.

Chronic kidney disease or chronic renal failure is kidney dysfunction lasting longer than 3 months.

FIV is a retrovirus belonging to the lentivirus family that changes the genome of cells.