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Cats Immune and Blood System Articles
The cat immune system is the most important internal defense that your cat has against parasites, disease causing bacteria, and viruses. The cat immune system has two major components: The skin and the adaptive immune system. The skin, also called the “innate immune system” is the first line of defense against foreign invaders. The adaptive immune system defends the body against specific foreign invaders, by creating different defenses for different invaders. When a cat's immune system malfunctions, it can attack its own body. This is called autoimmunity. The cat immune system can also overreact, called hypersensitivity, or react insufficiently, which is called immunodeficiency or suppression. A good diet and ample exercise are two of the most important ways to keep your cat’s immune system functioning properly. Your vet can also administer a number of different immune system boosters to help keep the system healthy. Continue reading to learn more about the cat immune system, and immune system health.
- What Is the Best Feline Immune Support Supplement for Cats?
Feline immune support is crucial to pet's well being as the immune system works as a natural defense to ward off infections, fight bacteria and protect the cat against harmful viruses. Kittens in particular have low immune system functioning and are susceptible to life-threatening diseases.
- What Is Feline AIDS?
Feline AIDS affects nearly three percent of all healthy cats in the United States. Understand how the feline immunodeficiency virus is transmitted.
- Spleen Problems in Cats
It is always worrisome to remove spleens, because they do have major blood supplies. However, I do not recall having a major problem while removing one, probably because the blood vessels,splenal tumor,cat splenal tumor
- Mast Cell Tumors in Cats
Most mast cell tumors in cats are solitary benign tumors but they can be malignant. In most cases simply removing the tumor is sufficient. If your vet is worried, it may be worth consulting with an oncologist.
- Infectious Disease - Feline Leukemia
In general, almost any clinical sign of illness can be related to feline leukemia virus so it is a concern in any ill cat. Vomiting is not the most common sign and your cat's history is not highly suggestive of this disease but it would be best to have your cat checked by your vet to find out what is going on.
- Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Symptoms
Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) affects cats and may cause feline AIDS. FIV is not necessarily a deadly virus, as cats may be carriers and transmitters for a long time without having any medical issues.
- Feline Blood and Lymph Conditions and disorders
I would be most concerned about a bleeding disorder such as exposure to rat or mouse containing an anti-coagulant in this situation. If this hasn't been ruled out, it would be worth asking your vet about.
- Diabetes tests and testing equipment in Cats
If there is a reason for routine screening for diabetes in cats, like a known family tendency in one of the dog's lines, using urine glucose strips is easier than trying to draw blood and use a glucometer.
- Cat Blood Types
Cats have A, B and AB (rare) blood types. Most cats in the United States have type A blood - something like 99% of domestic shorthair cats have Type A blood. This ratio varies from country to country.
- Cardiovascular Disorders of Cats
Heart failure, usually from cardiomyopathy in cats, is one cause of changes in the fluid pressures. As the heart function decreases blood accumulates in the lungs because it isn't being pumped out of them. This raises the blood pressure in the pulmonary capillaries which normally drain the fluid from the visceral pleura.
- Bloodwork in Cats
Blood parasites are hard to find (at least I think they're hard to find). For this reason, we sometimes treat cats on the suspicion that this problem is present, using...
- 7 Common Feline Virus Questions
There are 7 commonly asked feline virus questions. These are mostly related to the FIV and FeLV viruses.
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