Most dog owners are aware that heartworm disease can affect their dogs, but it seems to be lesser known that the disease can
also occur in cats.
Diabetes
occurs in cats when their cells no longer respond normally to the amounts of insulin produced by the pancreas.
An infected female dog can pass the infection to her puppies through her milk, but this does
not occur in cats.
Genetic crosses are also hard to implement because the parasite's sexual stages
only occur in cats.
Although sudden onset
blindness occurs in cats, it's likely that most cases are simply sudden awareness by the owners of a progressive loss of vision.
Most feline
cancers occur in cats 10 to 15 years of age — although lymphoma is an exception as this occurs most often in young cats.
On average, puberty or sexual maturity
first occurs in cats at about 6 months of age, but this can vary slightly by time of year.
Both male and female cats can contract the disease which
often occurs in cats that eat primarily dry food and are overweight.
It's called an aortic thromboembolism (ATE), or «saddle thrombus,» and usually
occurs in cats with heart disease — something else the owner may not know their cat has.
Side effects that may
occur in cats include agitation, loss of appetite, staggering, dilated pupils, tremors, blindness and disorientation.
The disease is usually caused by a shrunken or inflamed thyroid gland, which commonly appears in middle - aged large dog breeds; hypothyroidism
rarely occurs in cats and small dogs.
«A common condition known as hyperthyroidism cat primarily
occurs in cats of middle age or older.
Truth: Intestinal parasites, rabies, and toxoplasmosis are absolutely linked to feral cats, and the cat is the DEFINITIVE HOST (meaning it would not exist without the sexual reproduction
which occurs in the cats gut) of toxoplasmosis.
Feline diabetes most commonly
occurs in cats over 7 years old, as a previously healthy cat may begin exhibiting symptoms that may indicate diabetes.
The majority of skin and ear parasites, such as Demodex, Notoedres and Otodectes, most commonly
occur in cats less than 12 months of age since kittens have an immature immune system; however, they can occur at any age.
All of these conditions also
occur in cats without FIV infection, so an association with FIV is often speculative.
Cholangiomas and cholangiocarcinomas are rare in both dogs and cats but less rare in cats and most such
cases occur in cats over ten years of age.
This
disorder occurs in cats that have been re-homed many times According to feline behaviorist Pam Johnson - Bennet, when cats are left alone, they may meow constantly, use your bed as a litter box, or even groom excessively.