Abstract

Feline hyperthyroidism is a commonly diagnosed endocrinopathy that can have a substantial deleterious impact on the welfare of affected cats. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence, associated factors and...

Highlights

  • Feline hyperthyroidism (FHT) is a commonly diagnosed endocrinopathy

  • This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of FHT, examine for differences in breed, sex and neutering status in cats with FHT compared to those without and to look for geographic patterns for the disease in a large population of cats attending primary-care veterinary practice in England

  • Practice electronic patient records (EPRs) data were uploaded to the secure VetCompass structured query language (SQL) database held at the Royal Veterinary College

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Summary

Introduction

Feline hyperthyroidism (FHT) is a commonly diagnosed endocrinopathy. Affected cats can present with signs including weight loss and poor body condition, polyphagia, tachycardia, hyperactivity and nervousness and are frequently diagnosed with associated diseases including renal insufficiency and cardiac hypertrophy (Scarlett 1994). Estimation of the prevalence of FHT is important to facilitate disease prioritisation and to assist clinicians in ranking the disorder among differential diagnoses. A FHT prevalence of 3.93% (95%CI: 2.05 – 6.77%) was estimated in cats aged over 10 years that attended several primary-care practices in Hong-Kong (De Wet et al, 2008). The prevalence of FHT among cats aged over 6 years referred to teaching hospitals in the USA between 1978 and 1986 ranged from approximately 0.01 to 0.28 per 1000 (Scarlett et al, 1988) and was estimated at 21.05/1000 visits in cats of all ages (measured between 1978 and 1997) in another study (Edinboro et al, 2004). Prevalence estimates from a referral population may be less generalisable to the overall population than estimates from primary-care practice because the range and frequency of diseases seen in referral hospital settings differs substantially to those seen in the overall population (Bartlett et al, 2010)

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