Case of biliary cirrhosis in feline Felis domesticus

Authors

  • Humberto Eustáquio Coelho
  • Tatiane Furtado de Carvalho
  • Hélio Alberto
  • Carla Cunha Locce
  • Karina Danielle Cobo Silva
  • Claúdio Henrique Gonçalves Barbosa
  • Rodrigo Supranzetti de Rezende
  • Flávia Maria Esteves Machado

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22256/pubvet.v5n37.1240

Keywords:

Liver, Felis domesticus, liver failure

Abstract

This paper reports a case of biliary cirrhosis in a cat for three years and a half-breed in the region of Uberaba-MG. Clinical signs of the animal was apathy, disorientation, appetite loss, and polydipsia, anuria, blindness, pale mucous membranes with mild dehydration. At autopsy the macroscopic findings were: hydroperitoneum, hydrothorax, hydropericardium, pulmonary edema, reddish esophagus, kidneys, liver cirrhosis and nephrosis colema. Microscopic findings: biliary cirrhosis and glomerulonephritis. Biliary cirrhosis is an introduction to the evolution of hepatitis colangio. Through this report we describe the clinical and pathological features of this pathology.

Published

2015-09-17

Issue

Section

Medicina veterinária

How to Cite

1.
Coelho HE, Carvalho TF de, Alberto H, Locce CC, Silva KDC, Barbosa CHG, et al. Case of biliary cirrhosis in feline Felis domesticus. Pubvet [Internet]. 2015 Sep. 17 [cited 2025 Apr. 4];5(37). Available from: https://ojs.pubvet.com.br/index.php/revista/article/view/2162

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