| feline leukaemia virus | A retrovirus of the Oncornovirinae subfamily causing many proliferative (neoplastic) and degenerative (blastopenic) diseases in domestic cats, including lymphosarcoma, thymic atrophy, immune complex glomerulonephritis, foetal abortions and resorptions, and several myeloproliferative and myelodegenerative conditions; it also causes immunosuppression in infected cats. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| feline oesophagus | <radiology> Multiple thin transverse folds seen on oesophagram, normal variant, may be secondary to, GE reflux, scleroderma (12 Dec 1998) |
| feline panleukopenia | A highly contagious DNA virus infection of the cat family and of mink, characterised by fever, enteritis and bone marrow changes. It is also called feline ataxia, feline agranulocytosis, feline infectious enteritis, cat fever, cat plague, show fever. (12 Dec 1998) |
| feline panleukopenia virus | A virus of the genus Parvovirus that causes panleukopenia; the virus infects all Felidae, raccoons and mink, but not dogs or other Canidae. Synonym: cat distemper virus, panleukopenia virus of cats. (05 Mar 2000) |
| feline pneumonitis | An infectious respiratory illness of domesticated cats caused by the bacterium Chlamydia psittaci. (05 Mar 2000) |
| feline polioencephalomyelitis | A chronic disease of cats characterised by paraparesis and ataxia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| feline rhinotracheitis virus | A herpesvirus that causes feline viral rhinotracheitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| feline urolithiasis syndrome | <syndrome> A common disease of cats where development of urinary calculi produce urethral obstruction in males and cystitis and urethritis in females. Synonym: feline urolithiasis syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| feline urological syndrome | <syndrome> A common disease of cats where development of urinary calculi produce urethral obstruction in males and cystitis and urethritis in females. Synonym: feline urolithiasis syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| feline viral rhinotracheitis | An acute upper respiratory tract infection of cats caused by the feline rhinotracheitis virus; it is frequently fatal in kittens but mild in adults, who sometimes become convalescent carriers of the virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lentiviruses, feline | A subgenus of lentivirus comprising viruses that produce multi-organ disease with long incubation periods in cats. (12 Dec 1998) |
| leukaemia, feline | A neoplastic disease of cats frequently associated with feline leukaemia virus infection. (12 Dec 1998) |
| leukaemia virus, feline | A species of mammalian type c retrovirus (retroviruses type c, mammalian) causing leukaemia, lymphosarcoma, immune deficiency, or other degenerative diseases in cats. Several cellular oncogenes confer on felv the ability to induce sarcomas (see also sarcoma virus, feline). (12 Dec 1998) |
| alveolar soft part sarcoma | <tumour> A malignant tumour formed of a reticular stroma of connective tissue enclosing aggregates of large round or polygonal cells; occurs in subcutaneous and fibromuscular tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ameloblastic sarcoma | <tumour> A rapidly growing, painful, destructive, radiolucent odontogenic tumour that usually arises through malignant change in the mesenchymal component of a pre-existing ameloblastic fibroma. Synonym: ameloblastic sarcoma. (05 Mar 2000) |