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Showing posts with label inherited illnesses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inherited illnesses. Show all posts
Wednesday, 11 September 2024

The most obvious inherited health issues of the Peke-face Persian: BAS.

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Although the Peke-face Persian (flat-faced Persian) can suffer from all or one of 16 inherited diseases , the one highlighted in the infogra...
Friday, 6 September 2024

Time for the cat fancy to do something about the Persian cat's polycystic kidney disease

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It is well beyond the time when the cat fancy - and I'm referring mainly to the Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) - does something tan...
Wednesday, 26 June 2024

American insurance company Nationwide stops insuring 100,000 cats and dogs

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AMERICA: I'm told by news media that Nationwide is America's largest pet insurer. And they've decided to stop insuring 100,000 p...
Thursday, 22 February 2024

Berlin police seized 48 illegally bred Levkoy cats considered the product of 'torture breeding' in Germany

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Germany has a brilliant nationwide law which states that purebred cats that are bred with inherited genetic diseases causing general pain an...
Sunday, 27 June 2021

Lucy the 'bat cat' nude kitten with hydrocephalus

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Lucy is described by her owner as "the bat cat". Not a particularly flattering title I have to say. You might know me and that I d...
Saturday, 12 June 2021

Lil Bub and Grumpy Cat both died of bacterial infections at a young age

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Both Lil Bub and Grumpy Cat both died of bacterial infections at the age of 8 and 7 respectively. Both were dwarf cats. Lil Bub's infect...
Sunday, 27 September 2020

Patellar luxation and Abyssinian cats

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Abyssinian cat. Photo: Helmi Flick with her express permission. Patellar luxation is more common in some cat breeds than was once though...
Thursday, 24 September 2020

Are Oriental Shorthairs healthy?

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Like most purebred, pedigree cats Oriental Shorthairs  (OSH) have inherited certain health problems due to selective breeding. One major ...