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

Case of biliary cirrhosis in feline Felis domesticus. (2015). Pubvet, 5(37). https://doi.org/10.22256/pubvet.v5n37.1240

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