Atresia coli in a nine-week-old kitten |
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| Authors: | W P Bredal S I Thoresen A Kvellestad |
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| Institution: | Norwegian College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences;*Department of Morphology, Genetics and Aquatic Biology, PO Box 8146 Dep, 0033 Oslo, Norway |
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| Abstract: | A case of blind-end atresia coli in a kitten surviving for 66 days is presented. Human cases of intestinal atresia are often attributed to injuries sustained in utero to a previously normal fetus. Neither clinical nor autopsy findings gave conclusive evidence regarding the aetiology of the condition in the kitten; the only sibling affected from a litter of five. The case is interesting because the kitten survived nine weeks without any clinical signs other than abdominal distension. |
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