Clinical changes in cats submitted to experimental hyperthyroidism

Authors

  • M.J.L. CARDOSO
  • F.S. COSTA
  • L.M.R. MUNIZ
  • A.C.A. ZALITH
  • C.R. PADOVANI
  • F.F. ARAGON

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/avs.v10i2.4429

Keywords:

gatos, tireóide, manifestações clínicas, hipertireoidismo, T3, T4, cats, thyroid, clinical changes, hyperthyroidism

Abstract

The interrelation between experimental hyperthyroidism andclinical changes was studied in adult intact cats kept under hyperthyroidic state for 42 days. Clinical aspects evaluated were dairy food and water intake, urine output and fecal volume, body weight, temperature, mucous membranes colour, palpable lymphnodes, thyroid gland palpation, abdominal palpation, and cardiac and respiratory frequencies. These characteristics were correlated with free and total T4 and total T3 serum concentrations. Excessive circulant thyroid hormone levels resulted in increased cardiac frequency, polyuria, polidipsia, weight loss and increased fecal volume in the studied cats.

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CARDOSO, M., COSTA, F., MUNIZ, L., ZALITH, A., PADOVANI, C., & ARAGON, F. (2005). Clinical changes in cats submitted to experimental hyperthyroidism. Archives of Veterinary Science, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/avs.v10i2.4429

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2005)

Section

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

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