Hyperthyroidism is a leading cause of illness in cats, and the first reports of the feline disease in the late 1970s coincided with the first reports of environmental contamination arising from ...

Hi Dennis, thanks for messaging me about your feline friend, Gator. So, it sounds like Gator was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism by his veterinarian and you are currently treating the disease. However, ...

In small animal medicine, we often find medical conditions that mirror human medical conditions. This is true for a small gland found in the neck that is known as the thyroid gland. The human thyroid ...

The thyroid is the largest endocrine organ in the body. Canines and felines both can suffer from impaired function of the thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism), which influences the ...

I had two 17-year-old sister cats until one died two months ago. The remaining sister has been losing weight for a few months. I finally had my vet look at her. They took bloodwork, and the diagnosis ...

Dr. Arnon Gal, a small-animal internal-medicine specialist, is shown with his cat at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana. Dr. Arnon Gal, a small-animal internal-medicine ...