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Longevity and mortality in cats: A single institution necropsy study of 3108 cases (1989–2019)
Client-owned cats who underwent a post-mortem examination (n = 3,108) at a veterinary medical teaching hospital between 1989 and 2019 were studied to determine longevity and factors affecting mortality. Demographic factors, environmental factors, age, and causes of death were assessed. Sexes include...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9799304/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36580443 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278199 |
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author | Kent, Michael S. Karchemskiy, Sophie Culp, William T. N. Lejeune, Amandine T. Pesavento, Patricia A. Toedebusch, Christine Brady, Rachel Rebhun, Robert |
author_facet | Kent, Michael S. Karchemskiy, Sophie Culp, William T. N. Lejeune, Amandine T. Pesavento, Patricia A. Toedebusch, Christine Brady, Rachel Rebhun, Robert |
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description | Client-owned cats who underwent a post-mortem examination (n = 3,108) at a veterinary medical teaching hospital between 1989 and 2019 were studied to determine longevity and factors affecting mortality. Demographic factors, environmental factors, age, and causes of death were assessed. Sexes included 5.66% intact females, 39.86% spayed females, 6.95% intact males and 47.49% neutered males. 84.2% were mixed breed cats. Age at death was known for 2,974 cases with a median of 9.07 years. Cancer was the most common pathophysiologic cause of death (35.81%) and was identified in 41.3% of cats. When categorized by organ system, mortality was most attributed to multiorgan/systemic (21.72%). Renal histologic abnormalities were noted in 62.84% of cats but was considered the primary cause of death in only 13.06% of cats. Intact female and male cats had significantly shorter lifespans than their spayed or neutered counterparts. FeLV positive status was associated with decreased longevity (P<0.0001) while FIV status was not. This study reports on risk factors associated with mortality and highlights areas of research that may contribute to improved lifespan in cats. |
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spelling | pubmed-97993042022-12-30 Longevity and mortality in cats: A single institution necropsy study of 3108 cases (1989–2019) Kent, Michael S. Karchemskiy, Sophie Culp, William T. N. Lejeune, Amandine T. Pesavento, Patricia A. Toedebusch, Christine Brady, Rachel Rebhun, Robert PLoS One Research Article Client-owned cats who underwent a post-mortem examination (n = 3,108) at a veterinary medical teaching hospital between 1989 and 2019 were studied to determine longevity and factors affecting mortality. Demographic factors, environmental factors, age, and causes of death were assessed. Sexes included 5.66% intact females, 39.86% spayed females, 6.95% intact males and 47.49% neutered males. 84.2% were mixed breed cats. Age at death was known for 2,974 cases with a median of 9.07 years. Cancer was the most common pathophysiologic cause of death (35.81%) and was identified in 41.3% of cats. When categorized by organ system, mortality was most attributed to multiorgan/systemic (21.72%). Renal histologic abnormalities were noted in 62.84% of cats but was considered the primary cause of death in only 13.06% of cats. Intact female and male cats had significantly shorter lifespans than their spayed or neutered counterparts. FeLV positive status was associated with decreased longevity (P<0.0001) while FIV status was not. This study reports on risk factors associated with mortality and highlights areas of research that may contribute to improved lifespan in cats. Public Library of Science 2022-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9799304/ /pubmed/36580443 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278199 Text en © 2022 Kent et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Kent, Michael S. Karchemskiy, Sophie Culp, William T. N. Lejeune, Amandine T. Pesavento, Patricia A. Toedebusch, Christine Brady, Rachel Rebhun, Robert Longevity and mortality in cats: A single institution necropsy study of 3108 cases (1989–2019) |
title | Longevity and mortality in cats: A single institution necropsy study of 3108 cases (1989–2019) |
title_full | Longevity and mortality in cats: A single institution necropsy study of 3108 cases (1989–2019) |
title_fullStr | Longevity and mortality in cats: A single institution necropsy study of 3108 cases (1989–2019) |
title_full_unstemmed | Longevity and mortality in cats: A single institution necropsy study of 3108 cases (1989–2019) |
title_short | Longevity and mortality in cats: A single institution necropsy study of 3108 cases (1989–2019) |
title_sort | longevity and mortality in cats: a single institution necropsy study of 3108 cases (1989–2019) |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9799304/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36580443 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278199 |
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