The cat is becoming the most popular pet, especially due to people’s actual life style. This specie possesses peculiarities and requires different maintenance conditions, besides presents different clinical characteristics from other animals. Thus, a feline epidemiologic profile was traced using the medical records from the Veterinary Hospital of the University of Marília, in the period of 2007 to 2009. It was observed that out of the pets attended for, 8.62% were felines, of which 52.47% were female and 47.53% were male. As for breeds, 77.20% had undefined breeds, 14.83% were Siamese and 7.97% were Persians, with age ranging from 45 days to 26 years. The main affections diagnosed were divided in the areas of internal medicine and surgery, and classified... |