Medical, Genetic & Behavioral Risk Factors of Siamese Cats

By Ross D. Clark DVM

This book provides you with a thorough description and positive attributes of this breed of cat including origin, history, normal heights and weights, acceptable colors and behavioral traits. Our books di?er from most books on cat breeds because this book also provides you with a comprehensive and authoritative source of all the known predisposed hereditary health syndromes for the breed. You will ?nd extensive references for each problem described. We also provide addresses of registries for this breed and a list of laboratories and organizations that can provide professional help and information.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jan 24, 2017
• ISBN: 9781524557454

Ross D. Clark DVM

Ross D. Clark, DVM is the founder of Woodland PetCare Centers and a cofounder of National PetCare Centers. He received his doctor of veterinary medicine degree in 1963 from Kansas State University. He is practice management editor for Veterinary Economics Magazine and served as president of the Tulsa County Veterinary Medical Association, the Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Association, and also as president of the Western Veterinary Conference—the world’s largest continuing education conference for veterinarians. American Animal Hospital Association named him Outstanding Practitioner for the Western Region in 1987 and National Merit Award Winner in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1991. Veterinary Partners Incorporated, an organization of veterinarians, lawyers, and accountants that do practice management consulting, recognized Dr. Clark with their prestigious Pioneer Award at the Western Veterinary Conference in 2004. He served two terms as president of Kansas State University Veterinary Medical Alumni Association from 1990 to 1992, and Kansas State University named him an alumni fellow in February of 2003. Over the past forty-five years, Dr. Clark and his partners have cared for show dogs from most states in the United States of America, plus show dogs from Canada, Mexico, and Spain. He is the author of eight books, including Medical, Genetic, and Behavioral Aspects of Purebred Cats and the coauthor of the first and second edition of Medical and Genetic Aspects of Purebred Dogs. He is also author of four management books: first, a practice management manual; second, The Best of Ross Clark; third, Mastering the Marketplace—Taking Your Practice to the Top; and his latest book, Open Book Management for Veterinary Hospital Teams. He has toured throughout the world as a practice management lecturer and consultant. In addition, Dr. Clark has been a Veterinary Economics “Hospital of the Year” judge for over twenty-eight years. Dr. Clark is currently owner and managing partner of four small animal practices and three pet resorts in Oklahoma. Dr. Clark and his team have been doing veterinary practice management consultation, seminars, and appraisals since 1981. Ross is married to Linda Clark, and they have two children, twins Kent and Kimberly Clark.

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MEDICAL, GENETIC &

EHAVIORAL RISK FACTORS OF

SIAMESE CATS

BY: ROSS D. CLARK, DVM

H. DAVID HAYNES, DVM – LEAD RESEARCH

AND EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

TERRY SUE CLARK, DVM – SPECIAL EDITOR, FIRST EDITION

SUSAN S. GAFFNEY, DVM – SPECIAL EDITOR, FIRST EDITION

ART J. QUINN, DVM, DACVO – PROFESSOR EMERITUS, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR VETERINARY HEALTH SCIENCES, CONSULTING EDITOR, FIRST EDITION

GERI HIBBLEN JACKSON – PHOTO ACQUISITIONS

Copyright © 2017 by ROSS D. CLARK, DVM. 696396

ISBN:   Softcover   978-1-5245-5746-1

             EBook       978-1-5245-5745-4

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Rev. date: 01/11/2017

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MEDICAL, GENETIC &

BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTORS OF

SIAMESE CATS

INSIDE:

I.   SIAMESE

ORIGIN AND HISTORY

DESCRIPTION

SHOW REQUIREMENTS

CARE AND GROOMING

BEHAVIORAL TRAITS

II.   RECOGNIZED RISK FACTORS IN SIAMESE CATS

CARDIOVASCULAR-HEMATOLOGICAL-RESPIRATORY

DERMATOLOGICAL

ENDOCRINE

GASTROINTESTINAL

MUSCULOSKELETAL

NEUROLOGIC

OPHTHALMIC

UROGENITAL

III.   GENETIC TESTS AVAILABLE FOR SIAMESE CATS

REGISTRIES

IV.   REFERENCES

BY: ROSS D. CLARK, DVM

PREFACE

This book provides you with a through description and positive attributes of this breed including origin, purpose, history, normal heights and weights, acceptable colors and behavioral traits. Our books differ from most books on cat breeds because this book also provides you with a comprehensive and authoritative source of all the known predisposed hereditary health syndromes for the breed. You will find extensive references for each problem described. We also provide addresses of registries for this breed and a list of laboratories and organizations that can provide professional help and information.

After having written extensively about the differences in purebred dogs, I have turned my attention to purebred cats. The dog is the world’s most physically diverse species with over 400 different breeds recognized worldwide. Sizes range from a three pound Chihuahua to the 200 pound Irish wolfhound. Coat types range from the curly-coated Poodle to the hairless Xoloitzcuintli. Pedigreed cats, on the other hand have less variation in size and type with the largest breeds, the Maine Coon Cat and the Ragdoll weighing up to 20 pounds and the diminutive Singapura weighing only six pounds. Head shape shows much more diversity including the long, sleek head of the Siamese to the round massive head of the Persian. Coat type also has extensive varieties from the long thick double coat of the Himalayan to the short tight curl of the Devon Rex to no hair at all in the Sphynx and Donskoy. Diversity in cats appears to be less about size and function and more about coat, color and conformation.

Classification of cat breeds varies by registry and fanciers. The Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (GCCF), the main registry in the United Kingdom divides the breeds into groups based on coat type and origin; these include: Persian group, Semi-longhair group, British group, Foreign group, Burmese group, Oriental group and Siamese group.¹ Another classification involves origin of the breed. Breeds are divided into the following: Established breeds; those breeds that have been in existence for some time but whose appearance may have been modified by selective breeding. These breeds include the Siamese, Persian and British Longhair. Original breeds; these cats appear as they did when they began their existence