Atresia ani in a kitten. Help!

Re: Atresia ani in a kitten. Help!

mariette asselbergs — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:22:00 GMT

[quote user="serena holmes"]

Good article on atresia ani in cats and dogs..... http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs/28674/InTech-Atresia_ani_in_dogs_and_cats.pdf

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Wow Serena you're a star what a useful contribution! Thanks

Mariette

Re: Atresia ani in a kitten. Help!

serena holmes — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:47:30 GMT

Good article on atresia ani in cats and dogs..... http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs/28674/InTech-Atresia_ani_in_dogs_and_cats.pdf

Re: Atresia ani in a kitten. Help!

Fiona French — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:31:39 GMT

If the anal sphincter is not properly formed they will almost certainly be left incontinent. Not an issue in a farm animal, but a bit of a deal-breaker in a pet. Unless there is just a thin membrane there I think euth has to be the best option in cats and dogs.

Re: Atresia ani in a kitten. Help!

Michael Woodhouse — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:33:56 GMT

Bugger. I have operated successfully on lambs over a week old. The surgery is not exactly challenging but the further in you have to go to find rectum the poorer the prognosis, in my experience.

In the last week I have done 3 lambs and a calf. The calf died but that was a long way in (length of my index finger). Last I heard the lambs all doing well.

Never seen it in a dog or cat.

Re: Atresia ani in a kitten. Help!

HMC — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:04:18 GMT

Afraid you're right. No rectum on xrays at all.

Re: Atresia ani in a kitten. Help!

Bob Russell — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:16:02 GMT

[quote user="Martin Atkinson"]

I'd say in a 6 day old kitten a judicious dose of pentobarbitone forte was the best treatment.

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Sadly (in American parlance), I concur!

Re: Atresia ani in a kitten. Help!

Martin Atkinson — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:13:10 GMT

I'd say in a 6 day old kitten a judicious dose of pentobarbitone forte was the best treatment.