Hyperthyroid Hints

Taylor J.A., Jacobs R.M., Lumsden J.H., et al. Can Vet J, 1989. 30(6): p.477-481.

Luttikhuis L. Can Vet J, 1989. 30(5): p.437. Hyperthyroidism is the most commonly diagnosed endocrinopathy in the cat. Overproduction of the thyroid hormones, triiodothyronine [T3] and thyroxine [T4], is attributable to thyroid adenoma in more than 95% of cases. Locally an … Read More

Hoenig M. and Ferguson D.C. J Endocrinol, 1989. 121(2): p.249-51.   Intravenous glucose tolerance tests were performed in eight adult cats before and after a 4-week treatment with thyroxine. The untreated cats had a mean fasting blood glucose concentration of … Read More

Christopher M.M. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 1989. 194(8): p.1089-95.   Disease diagnosis, age, sex, and selected hematologic variables were evaluated retrospectively in a population of feline patients with high number of circulating Heinz bodies. By comparing these cats with … Read More

Peterson M.E. and Ferguson D. Conference Proceedings, (1989). American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine: p.123   Clinical study in 8 normal cats and 8 hyperthyroid cats. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN. Prednisone at 10 mg/cat IM was given to normal and hyperthyroid cats … Read More

Gaitan E., Lindsay R.H., Reichert R.D., et al. J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 1989. 68(4): p.707-14.   Pearl millet [Pennisetum millet (L.) leeke] is the main source of food energy for the rural poor in many areas of the semiarid tropics. … Read More

Ferguson D.C., Peterson M.E. and Nachreiner R.F. J Vet Intern Med, 1989. 3: p.121.   We measured the serum concentrations of total thyroxine (TT4), total triiodothyronine (TT3), reverse T3 (rT3), free T4 (FT4) and T3 (FT3) in 28 normal cats, … Read More

Treppainer L., Peterson M.E. and Aucoin D. Vet Intern Med, 1989. 3: p.125 (abst. #50). Although the antithyroid drug methimazole (MMI; Tapazole) is commonly used in the medical management of cats with hyperthyroidism, pharmacokinetic studies of the drug have not been … Read More

1989/ Recognizing the Clinical Features of Feline Hyperthyroidism Meric S.M. Veterinary Medicine, 1989. 84: p.954-981. The syndrome of feline hyperthyroidism, first recognized just 10 years ago, has become a very common disease in the aging cat population. Small-animal veterinarians can … Read More

Kennedy R.L. and Thoday K.L. Autoimmunity, 1989. 3(4): p.317-8. Hyperthyroidism, although common in Man, is relatively uncommon in other species. The only animal with an appreciable incidence of hyperthyroidism is the domestic cat. Benign thyroid swellings have long been recognised … Read More