id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-342774-zjpi34up Pennisi, M.G. Case Report of Leishmaniasis in Four Cats 2004 .txt text/plain 1283 72 61 At the time of diagnosis the following clinical signs were observed: depression and anorexia (cases 1 and 4), severe weight loss (cases 1 and 4), pale mucous membranes (cases 1 and 4), dehydration (case 1), solitary (case 3) or systemic lymph node enlargement (cases 2 and 4), presence of a small crusty ulcer (case 1), cutaneous bloody cyst (cases 1 and 3), alopecia (case 4), dyspnea (case 1) and hepatomegaly (case 4). At the time of euthanasia lymph node enlargement was no longer evident, the specific antibody titre was 320 and serum protein electrophoresis had changed in the preceding month with reduction of hypergammaglobulinemia and development of hyperalfaglobulinemia. For the first time feline leishmaniasis has been reported in FIV+ cats (three cases out of four) and treated with oral drugs, which generally meet with greater compliance from the owners, especially for long-term therapy. ./cache/cord-342774-zjpi34up.txt ./txt/cord-342774-zjpi34up.txt