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Cat Health Research Library

EveryCat Health Foundation advances feline health by supporting groundbreaking research and education. The research articles and summaries detailed here cannot be used for specific advice on your cat’s medical conditions. If you have questions about your cat’s health, remember that your own veterinary healthcare team is always the appropriate source for immediate medical needs and information.

Efficacy and Safety of an Anti-nerve Growth Factor Antibody (Frunevetmab) for the treatment of Degenerative Joint Disease-Associated Chronic Pain in Cats: A Multisite Pilot Field Study

Gruen, M. E., Myers, J., & Lascelles, B. (2021). Efficacy and Safety of an Anti-nerve Growth Factor Antibody (Frunevetmab) for

Radioiodine therapy for hyperthyroidism – Should “one size fit all”?

June 6, 2017

Lucy JM, Peterson ME, et al. Efficacy of low-dose (2 millicurie) versus standard-dose (4 millicurie) radioiodine treatment for cats with

Comparison of total T4 assays for diagnosing and monitoring treatment of hyperthyroid cats

June 2, 2017

Peterson ME, Rishniw M, Bilbrough GE, Cote KB. Comparison of in-clinic point-of-care and reference laboratory total thyroxine immunoassays for diagnosis

Profiles of immune mediators in feline coronavirus-infected cells

May 29, 2017

Safi N, Haghani A, et al. Expression profiles of immune mediators in feline coronavirus-infected cells and clinical samples of feline

Difficulties with administering oral medications in cats

May 26, 2017

Siven M, Savolainen S, et al. Difficulties in administration of oral medication formulations to pet cats: an e-survey of cat

Painful and adverse behavior in declawed cats.

May 23, 2017

Martell-Moran NK, Solano M, Townsend HGG. Pain and adverse behavior in declawed cats. J Feline Med Surg. Epub ahead of print,

Probiotic use in small animals, part two

May 19, 2017

Jugan MC, Rudinsky AJ, et al. Use of probiotics in small animal veterinary medicine. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2017

Probiotic use in small animals, part one

May 16, 2017

Jugan MC, Rudinsky AJ, et al. Use of probiotics in small animal veterinary medicine. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2017

Monitoring survival of cats with chronic heart disease

May 12, 2017

Pierce KV, Rush, JE, Freeman LM, et al. Association between Survival Time and Changes in NT-proBNP in Cats Treated for

Algorithms distinguishing between IBD and alimentary lymphoma in cats

May 9, 2017

Awayshe, A, Wilke J, Elvinger F, et al. Evaluation of supervised machine-learning algorithms to distinguish between inflammatory bowel disease and

Diagnosing iris melanoma

May 5, 2017

Rushton JG, Ertl R, et al. Mutation analysis and gene expression profiling ocular melanomas in cats. Vet Comp Oncol. 2017

Comparing different types of FIV tests for FIV infections

May 2, 2017

Nichols, J, Weng HY, Litster A, Leutenegger C, Guptill L. Commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and polymerase chain reaction tests

Study on skin tumors in cats

April 28, 2017

Ho NT, Smith KC, Dobromylskyj MJ. Retrospective study of more than 9000 feline cutaneous tumours in the United Kingdom: 2006–2013. J Feline Med

Does atenolol help cats with subclinical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?

April 25, 2017

Jackson BL, Adin DB, Lehmkuhl LB. Effect of atenolol on heart rate, arrhythmias, blood pressure, and dynamic left ventricular outflow

Observing urinary behaviors in cats

April 21, 2017

R Dulaney D, Hopfensperger M, Malinowski R, Hauptman J, Kruger JM. Quantification of Urine Elimination Behaviors in Cats with a

Utility of cardiac biomarkers in cats

April 21, 2017

Borgeat K, Connolly DJ, Luis Fuentes V. Cardiac biomarkers in cats. J Vet Cardiol 2015;17:574-86. Accurate diagnosis of cardiac disease