Factor X deficiency in a cat

J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1997 Sep 1;211(5):576-9.

Abstract

Severe congenital deficiency of factor X was diagnosed in a 3-year-old castrated male domestic shorthair cat with clinical signs of generalized seizures and prolonged bleeding after venipuncture. Heritability of factor X deficiency was suspected because of a prolonged Russell's viper venom time in the dam and reductions in factor X activity in the dam and 1 sibling. To our knowledge, factor X deficiency in cats has not been reported previously. Definitive diagnosis for animals with clinical signs of coagulopathy may require repetition of coagulation screening tests using different assay methods or specific coagulation factor analyses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blood Coagulation / drug effects
  • Blood Coagulation / physiology
  • Cat Diseases / blood
  • Cat Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Cat Diseases / drug therapy
  • Cats
  • Factor X / analysis
  • Factor X Deficiency / blood
  • Factor X Deficiency / diagnosis
  • Factor X Deficiency / veterinary*
  • Male
  • Partial Thromboplastin Time
  • Prothrombin Time
  • Vitamin K / analysis
  • Vitamin K / pharmacology
  • Vitamin K / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Vitamin K
  • Factor X