Yoshihiko Yu, Tadashi Miyamoto, Yui Kimura, Kazuhito Itamoto, Masaki Michishita, Hitoshi Hatakeyama, Tomokazu Nagashima, Rikako Asada, Tomomi Yamaguchi, Daisuke Hasegawa, Yoshihiro Nomura, Leslie A Lyons, Tomoki Kosho
A stray cat, an intact female Japanese domestic shorthair cat of unknown age (suspected to be a young adult), was rescued. The cat was lethargic and thin and had marked skin fragility, delayed wound healing without skin hyperextensibility, and hind limb proprioceptive ataxia and paresis. Survey radiography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging revealed congenital vertebral anomalies, including thoracolumbar transitional vertebrae, scoliosis resulting from a thoracic lateral wedge-shaped vertebra, and a kinked tail, and a dilated spinal cord central canal...
March 2024: Canadian Veterinary Journal. la Revue Vétérinaire Canadienne