Recognizing the Clinical Features of Feline Hyperthyroidism

1989/

Recognizing the Clinical Features of Feline Hyperthyroidism

Meric S.M.

Veterinary Medicine, 1989. 84: p.954-981.

The syndrome of feline hyperthyroidism, first recognized just 10 years ago, has become a very common

disease in the aging cat population. Small-animal veterinarians can expect to regularly encounter cats

suffering from this disorder. Although most of us have no trouble recognizing hyperthyroidism in cats

exhibiting the typical clinical signs and laboratory features of this syndrome, there are individual cats that

present more of a challenge.