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Abstract
The present study was conducted to ascertain the prevalence of most common feline soft tissue surgical affections in a teaching veterinary hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt and some pet clinics at Tanta and Cairo governorates, during three years period from October 2016 to March 2019. A total of 11334 cats (included 6434 queens and 4900 tom cats) which belonging to different ages, sexes and breeds were included in this study. Feline soft tissue surgical affections were registered for age, sex, breed, and the main owner’s complaint. A complete history, detailed clinical examination, radiographic, ultrasonography, laboratory database (preoperative surgery) and histopathological examinations were performed for each case. The obtained data revealed that feline surgical soft tissue affections were (3218) cases in different systems; regarding genital system; (1684) cats suffered from female genital surgical affections, (53) tomcats suffered from male genital surgical affections. Urinary system; (538) cats suffered from urinary surgical affections [included (462) tomcats and (76) queens]. Skin affections; (392) cats suffered from different surgical skin affections [included (48) tomcats and (344) queens]. Digestive system affections; (209) cats suffered from different surgical digestive affections [included (152) tomcats and (57) queens]. Eye affections; (191) cats suffered from different surgical eye affections [included (117) tomcats and (74) queens]. Abdominal wall affections; (89) cats suffered from different surgical abdominal wall affections [included (36) tomcats and (53) queens]. Ear affections; (62) cats suffered from different surgical ear affections [included (37) tomcats and (25) queens]. The incidences of feline soft tissue surgical affections among different systems including genital system, urinary system, skin, digestive system, eye, abdominal wall, ear was 53.9%, 16.7%, 12.2%, 6.5%, 5.9%, 2.8%, and 2% in relation to total number of cases, respectively. A well-informed data was registered for age, sex and breeds.