Table 1.
Clinical details for cases in part 1 of the study
| Alimentary tract disease | Other organ disease | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GI | Liver | Pancreatic | ||
| Number | 12 | 3 | 6 | 111 |
| Gender | 11 NM, 1 NF | 1 NM, 2 NF | 3 NM, 3 NF | 67 NM, 44 NF |
| Age (years) | 8 (4–15) | 9 (2–20) | 11 (2–14) | 7 (1–18) |
| Breed | 74 DSH, 7 DLH | |||
| 9 DSH | 3 BSH, 5 Oriental | |||
| 1 Persian | 4 DSH | 2 Maine Coon | ||
| 1 Siamese | 3 DSH | 1 Oriental | 5 Siamese, 2 Birman | |
| 1 Egyptian Mau | 1 Birman | 3 Burmese, 8 Persian | ||
| 1 Bengal, 1 Ragdoll | ||||
| Final diagnosis | lymphoma (4) | Renal (11), lower urinary tract (11), respiratory (12), infectious (11), neoplasia (28), skin disease (11), neurological (4), haematological (4), cardiac (10), endocrine (5) | ||
| IBD (5) | Hepatic adenocarcinoma | |||
| Megacolon (1) | Cholangiohepatitis | Pancreatitis (5) | ||
| Pyloric stenosis (1) | Portosystemic shunt | Neoplasia (1) | ||
| Adverse food reaction (1) | ||||
| Miscellaneous (4) | ||||
| Serum cobalamin (pg/ml) | 1111 (284 to >2000) | 1872 (345 to >2000) | 676 (488 to 1530) | 1178 (278 to >2000) |
GI=gastrointestinal disease; NM=neutered male; NF=neutered female; DSH=domestic shorthair; DLH=domestic longhair; BSH=British shorthair; IBD=inflammatory bowel disease. Both age and serum cobalamin concentrations are reported as: median (range).