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CLINIC AND SURGERY • Cienc. Rural 52 (2) • 2022 • https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-8478cr20200974   copy

Clinical aspects, food management, and clinical evolution of a cat with hypertrophic muscular dystrophy

Aspectos clínicos, manejo alimentar e evolução clínica de um gato com distrofia muscular hipertrófica

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ABSTRACT:

Hypertrophic feline muscular dystrophy (HFMD), rarely reported in the literature, is a disease caused by a hereditary recessive dystrophin deficiency linked to the X chromosome, mainly affecting young male cats. Here, we presented the clinical aspects, food management, and clinical evolution of a seven-year-old mixed-breed cat diagnosed with HFMD, having a primary history of progressive tongue protrusion.

Key words:
feline muscular dystrophy; dystrophin; protrusion; biopsy; cat

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