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| ovulation only occurs after copulation - usually multiple copulations (hormones released) reason: cats are not social animals so they do not always have a mate nearby |
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| begin at end of January, end in October. |
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| 6-9 months female, 9-12 months male |
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| released from pineal gland in response to light, stimulates hypothalamus |
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| releases FSH releasing factor, LH RF which affects anterior pituitary |
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| stimulates sertoli cells to make sperm and ovaries to make follicles |
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| stimulates leydig cells to make testosterone |
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| quiescence, varies by area. TN: 3-4 months |
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| subtle behavior changes, decrease food intake. lasts 1-2 days |
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| sexual receptivity, lordosis, 2-19 days |
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| happens if not ovulated. lasts 8-10 days |
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| pseudopregnancy - rare in cats: sterile male. common in dogs |
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| progesterone. palpation - day 22. ultrasound - day 14 day 20 - heartbeats |
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| induced ovulation hormones/ sperm |
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| surge in LH causes ovulation in 24-36 hours. sperm capacitation takes 12 h, die in 24-30h. this is why there are multiple matings |
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| 63 days - 3d longer in wild |
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| smell, taste, warmth: present at birth. |
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| urine: unusual locations, dribbling, bloody, frequent |
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| high urine pH, high Mg, low fat - low urine volume. low water intake. |
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| feline central retinal degeneration |
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| fleas - eaten and get tapeworms. mites, lice, ticks |
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| roundworms, hookworms, whipworms, tapeworm, heartworm (mosquito) |
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| feline distemper. virus sim to parvo. 2-6 months old. 75% mortality. vomiting, hyperesthesia. |
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| Feline Infectious Enteritis |
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| GI. bone marrow / lymph. vaccine |
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| Feline Immunodeficiency Virus |
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| species specific retrovirus. fragile -die after leaving body. vertical transmission. attacks T helper cells. takes years to develop. no vaccine. prevent by keeping indoors. |
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| wildcats can get except felis manul cat. incidence varies 3% indoor, 40% urban feral 6% rural feral indoor/outdoor 10%. 30% fight off, don't shed, test neg. 40% shed, 30%in bone marrow (80-90% develop, 10-20% stay in marrow) |
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| 1: lymph nodes, no eating, fever. 2: cancer, degenerative (leukopenia, anemia), immune suppression |
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| Feline Infectious Peritonitis |
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| coronavirus - rare mutations are lethal (5%), 90% of cats have it at birth and it is usually benign. mutation: FIPV avg age 10 months. dry and wet versions. dry: granulomas wet: vomit, diarrhea, fluid retention |
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| common, very lethal. rabies, FPV, FHV1, FCV |
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| chlamidia, feline leukemia, FIP, ringworm |
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| Upper Respiratory Infection |
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| right rear: rabies left rear: leukemia In/RF: Panleukopenia, rhinotracheitis, calcivirus, chlamidia |
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| caused by vaccines. This is why they are given on limbs so they can be amputated to prevent death. |
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| gold, green, copper, blue |
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| round or pointed, curled or folded |
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| "A" agouti: banded hair, only express yellow/orange. "a" non agouti |
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| B is black. b is brown. bl is light brown |
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| C is full color. c is different levels of albinism: cb burmese, cs siamese, ca blue eye albino (pink reflection), c full albino |
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| D dense/normal pigment. d diluted. |
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| fd normal non folded ears. Fd folded ear. homozygous lethal |
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| Hr normal hair hr hairless |
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| i normal pigment I "silver" - block phaeomelanin |
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| L - short hair l - long hair |
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| m - normal tail. M - manx tail homozygous lethal |
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| o - not orange. O - orange. heterzygous calico/ tortoiseshell |
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| pd normal Pd polydactyl. can have radial hypoplasia |
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| R - normal straight hair. r different rexes: r cornish, re devon, ro oregon |
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| s - no spotting. S - piebald, white patches. homozygous more than heterozygous |
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| T - mackeral tabby, Ta abbysinnian, tb blotched tabby |
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| w normal color, W white - blue eyes might be deaf |
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| sp - normal pattern. Sp - break up stripes into spots |
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