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Case Reports
. 2015 Jun 1;1(1):2055116915579682.
doi: 10.1177/2055116915579682. eCollection 2015 Jan-Jun.

Metabolic bone disease and central retinal degeneration in a kitten due to nutritional inadequacy of an all-meat raw diet

Catherine Lenox  1 , Iveta Becvarova  2 , Wendy Archipow  3
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Metabolic bone disease and central retinal degeneration in a kitten due to nutritional inadequacy of an all-meat raw diet

Catherine Lenox et al. JFMS Open Rep. .

Abstract

A 5-month-old castrated male Sphynx kitten presented with left hindlimb lameness shortly after adoption. Prior to adoption, the breeder had fed the kitten an exclusively raw chicken diet. Radiographs revealed generalized osteopenia and a left tibia-fibula fracture. Ophthalmic examination revealed corneal vascularization and opacity in the right eye, and lesions suggestive of feline central retinal degeneration in the left eye. The patient's diagnoses included metabolic bone disease and feline central retinal degeneration, which can result from taurine deficiency. The kitten's nutritional diseases were managed with a complete and balanced canned diet designed for kitten growth and with taurine supplementation.

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Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Radiograph of the left hindlimb at presentation, showing a pathologic tibia–fibula fracture
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