Pet Owner Educational Atlas: Cats

María Luisa Palmero Colado Earned her degree in veterinary medicine at the Complutense University of Madrid in 1994. She is a partner and cofounder of Gattos veterinary clinic, a hospital in Madrid specialising exclusively in cats. In 2016, she became a University Specialist in Endoscopy and Minimally Invasive Surgery at the Jesús Usón Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre, University of Cáceres. María Luisa is certified in feline medicine (2012) by the Spanish Small Animal Veterinary Association (AVEPA) and holds the General Practitioner Certificate in Feline Practice (2011) from the European School of Veterinary Postgraduate Studies (ESVPS). She also completed the Feline Internal Medicine Course (online) at the University of Sydney’s Centre for Veterinary Education, again in 2011. She is a member of the International Society of Feline Medicine (ISFM), AVEPA, the Madrid Small Animal Veterinary Association (AMVAC), and sits on the scientific committee for AVEPA’s Working Group of Specialists in Feline Medicine (GEMFE). María Luisa teaches the postgraduate course on feline medicine at CEU Cardinal Herrera University, as well as other postgraduate courses for IFEVET and in Chile and Argentina. She is coauthor of the books Vaccines in Small Animals, published in 2019, Inmunología clínica del gato (Clinical Immunology in Cats) (2019), and Enfermedades infecciosas felinas (Infectious Diseases in Cats) (2010). She has also published clinical cases and original articles on general feline medicine and internal medicine in both Spanish and international journals. María Luisa often gives lectures and presentations at both Spanish and international conferences and institutions. Her main areas of interest are internal medicine and diagnostic imaging.

1. Anatomy and physiology

1. The skeleton of cats. Fibrous, cartilaginous, and synovial joints

2. The musculature of cats

3. Abdominal organs

4. Cardiorespiratory system

2. Guides

5. Body condition and body mass index

6. Feline Grimace Scale

3. Main conditions by body systems

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

4. Osteoarthritis. Degenerative joint disease (normal joint will be added)

5. How to detect pain (patients do not jump, climb, run, stalk, etc.)

6. Hip dysplasia

7. Sacrococcygeal luxation

KIDNEY AND URINARY SYSTEM

8. Chronic kidney disease (CKD)

9. Acute kidney injury (AKI)

10. Pyelonephritis

11. Lily poisoning

12. Systemic hypertension (SH)

13. Ureteral obstruction

14. Ureteral obstruction resolution techniques: subcutaneous ureteral bypass (SUB), stent and ureterotomy

15. Polycystic kidney disease (PKD)

16. Feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD). Obstructive and nonobstructive

17. Perineal urethrostomy

REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

18. Oestrus cycle

19. Sterilisation in females and males. Laparoscopy

20. Pyometra

21. Ovarian remnant syndrome

22. Mammary tumours

CARDIORESPIRATORY SYSTEM

23. Brachycephaly in cats

24. Nasopharyngeal polyps

25. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

26. Restrictive cardiomyopathy

27. Dilated and unclassified cardiomyopathy

28. Arterial thromboembolism

29. Cats with a cough

30. Feline asthma

31. Pneumothorax

32. Pleural effusion

33. Traumatic and peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

34. Hyperthyroidism

35. Feline diabetes

36. Acromegaly

37. Obesity

SKIN AND APPENDAGES

38. Structures of a cat’s skin

39. Characteristics of the nails

40. Feline acne

41. Feline atopic dermatitis. Allergies

42. Feline eosinophilic granuloma complex

43. Alopecia

44. Idiopathic facial dermatitis of Persian cats

45. Dermatophytosis

46. Notoedric mange

47. Otitis due to Otodectes cynotis

48. Skin tumours. Squamous cell carcinoma and fibrosarcoma

49. Ectoparasites in cats

DENTISTRY

50. Feline dental anatomy. Deciduous and permanent teeth

51. Mandibular lesions

52. Periodontal disease

53. Feline odontoclastic resorptive lesion (FORL). False caries. Stages of FORL

54. Feline chronic gingivostomatitis

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

55. Feline inflammatory bowel disease

56. Low-grade lymphoma

57. Hepatic lipidosis

58. Cholangitis

59. Pancreatitis and triaditis.

60. Intestinal obstruction by trichobezoars. Hairballs

61. Megacolon

62. Common intestinal parasites in cats

NERVOUS SYSTEM

63. Central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems

EYES

64. Structures of the eye

65. Corneal ulcer and keratitis. Surgical resolution of severe ulcers

4. Infectious and parasitic diseases

69. Toxoplasmosis

70. Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP)

71. Feline leukaemia virus (FeLV)

72. Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)

73. Feline panleukopaenia virus

74. Herpesvirus

75. Feline calicivirus

76. Virulent feline calicivirus

77. Feline chlamydiosis

5. Special diagnostic techniques

78. Oesophagostomy feeding tube and nasoesophageal tube placement

79. Bone marrow aspiration technique

80. Urethral catheterisation and cystocentesis

81. Thoracic drainage. Thoracostomy and thoracentesis

82. Cerebrospinal fluid extraction

83. How to administer medications

6. Behaviour

84. Postures in cats

85. Management of newborns