A medical emergency in a cat

Authors: Barraud T
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 30, Issue 8, pp 126, Aug 1982
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Cat, Companion animal
Subject Terms: Biosecurity, Disease control/eradication, Trauma/injuries, Legal/regulation, Toxicology
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: I would like to report a case history which, apart from being interesting, describes a condition which should perhaps be considered in the differential diagnosis for cats presented in a stage of shock and/or collapse. The animal was a nine-month-old castrated domestic short-haired cat. It was rushed to my surgery in the afternoon after being found in a state of collapse on the owner`s front footpath. Examination showed it to be ataxic, panting, and salivating; and its pupils were dilated. It was very distressed, and defaecated on the examination table. Its rectal temperature was normal. The history described by the owner did not provide any information as to possible access to poisons or the occurrence of some other type of misadventure, so the cat was hospitalised…

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