13-01-2012, 02:35 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Belgium
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Re: Cat sounds like a car horn
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Originally Posted by Ianthi
Just seen this thread.
I'm soo glad to hear you've consulted with a specialist here before going ahead with any invasive treatment-frankly I would never allow a general vet to go ahead with an FNA procedure like this and even then only when all other less invasive avenues have been explored.
I always make the point that X-rays have their limitations are only as good as the person who 'reads' them and with few exceptions (in this instance especially) need to be interpreted by a specialist. Things like shadows for example can very easily be misinterpreted. Furthermore often a few films need to be taken in order to obtain the correct diagnosis.
Sounds to me something is irritating the bronchial passages and I wonder if something in the environment could be a trigger? Any smokers for instance?
Lungworm?
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It was the vet who referred me to the specialist but on the basis of the wrong x-rays. When the specialist showed me the x-rays it was immediately evident that the other cat had two large pulmonary masses, poor thing. She said that she would not anyway have done a biopsy on Max unless she had been able to find a mass by ultrasound.
Yes, it does sound like a bronchial cough but it only occurs every few days. Most of the time he is fine so I doubt that lungworm would be the cause as that usuallys makes a cat morose. Cat litter dust is certainly a possibility as Max is the sort of cat that comes indoors to go to the toilet, even in the summer.
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nothing unusual aboout that with this lot 
I'l let you know if he starts to improve on them again 
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