Group - Feline asthma

Engineers have created a vest full of air sampling equipment that monitors & rec...

The number of children suffering from asthma is on the rise. Many socio-economic...

The number of children suffering from asthma is on the rise. Many socio-economic...

Asthma Lecture

Asthma Lecture

Asthma Lecture

Asthma Lecture

Asthma Lecture

Asthma Lecture

Asthma Lecture

Feline asthma is a common allergic respiratory disease in cats, affecting at least one percent of all adult cats worldwide. It is a chronic progressive disease for which there is no cure.

Asthma UK is a charity dedicated to improving the health and well-being of the 5.4 million people in the UK whose lives are affected by asthma..

Yokkaichi asthma occurred in the city of Yokkaichi in Mie Prefecture, Japan between 1960 and 1972. The burning of petroleum and crude oil released large quantities of sulfur oxide that caused severe smog, resulting in severe cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary emphysema, and bronchial asthma among the local inhabitants.

Occupational asthma is an occupational condition defined as: "a disease characterized by variable airflow limitation and/or airway hyper-responsiveness due to causes and conditions attributable to a particular occupational environment and not stimuli encountered outside the workplace".American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

World Asthma Day is an annual event organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) to improve asthma awareness and care around the world. World Asthma Day takes place on the first Tuesday of May.

The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) is a medical guidelines organisation which works with public health officials and health care professionals globally to reduce asthma prevalence, morbidity, and mortality.

Abstract: Department of Veterinary Medicine, Langford, Bristol.

Abstract: Department of Veterinary Medicine, Langford, Bristol.

Abstract: Perspectives on the epizootiology of feline enteric coronavirus and the pathogenesis of feline infectious peritonitis. Evermann JF, McKeirnan AJ, Ott RL. Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-6610. This review presents some current thoughts regarding the epizootiology of the feline coronaviruses; feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIPV) and feline coronavirus (FECV) with primary emphasis on the pathogenesis of these viruses in nature. Although the mechanism(s) whereby FIPV causes disease are still...

Abstract: Activation of feline immunodeficiency virus long terminal repeat by feline herpesvirus type 1. Kawaguchi Y, Miyazawa T, Horimoto T, Itagaki S, Fukasawa M, Takahashi E, Mikami T. Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan. By transfection of a recombinant plasmid containing the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) long terminal repeat (LTR) linked to the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene followed by infection of feline herpesvirus type 1 (FHV-1) into Crandell feline kidney cells and Felis catus whole fetus 4 cells, enhancement of CAT a...

Abstract: Use of western blot and radioimmunoprecipitation for diagnosis of feline leukemia and feline immunodeficiency virus infections. Egberink HF, Lutz H, Horzinek MC. Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Veterinary Faculty, Institute of Virology, Utrecht, The Netherlands. The uses and limitations of the western blot (WB) and radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) techniques for study of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and FeLV were evaluated. Western blot analysis was used to detect antigenic relatedness between the 2 lentiviruses. Using a rabbit serum directed against p26 of the...

Abstract: Quantification of feline immunodeficiency virus in a newly established feline T-lymphoblastoid cell line (MYA-1 cells). Kawaguchi Y, Miyazawa T, Tohya Y, Takahashi E, Mikami T. Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan. A quantitative method for analysis of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) was established by the indirect immunofluorescence (IF) test using MYA-1 cells infected with the serially diluted viruses. When we compared this method with the reverse transcriptase (RT) activity assay, the quantitative analysis by the indirect IF test w...

Abstract: In vitro replication and cytopathogenicity of the feline immunodeficiency virus for feline T4 thymic lymphoma 3201 cells. Tochikura TS, Hayes KA, Cheney CM, Tanabe-Tochikura A, Rojko JL, Mathes LE, Olsen RG. Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210. Cytotoxic feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infection was established in feline T4 thymic lymphoma 3201 cells with the Petaluma isolate of the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV-Petaluma). Mg2(+)-dependent, reverse transcriptase (Mg2+ RT) activity and FIV p24/28-positive cells were evident beginning at 18 da...

Abstract: [Feline haemobartonellosis (feline infectious anemia): current knowledge] [Article in Dutch] Pennisi MG. Dipartimento di Medicina e Farmacologie Veterinaria, Universita di Messina. Fifty years after it was first reported in South Africa (1) and thirty-five years after Haemobartonella felis was detected in the USA (2), we still do not know enough about certain aspects of feline haemobartonellosis (feline infectious anaemia). This overview covers these and known aspects, with the aim of bringing these aspects to the attention of people working in the field of feline medicine. PMID: 1641...

Abstract: Replication of feline herpesvirus type 1 in feline T-lymphoblastoid cells. Horimoto T, Kawaguchi Y, Limcumpao JA, Miyazawa T, Takahashi E, Mikami T. Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan. PMID: 1653042 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Abstract: Department of Veterinary Medicine, Graduate Institute of Veterinary Medicine.