The Relationship between Brachycephalic Head Features in Modern Persian Cats and Dysmorphologies of the Skull and Internal Hydrocephalus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cat breeders observed a frequent occurrence of internal hydrocephalus in Persian cats with extreme brachycephalic head morphology.

Objective

To investigate a possible relationship among the grade of brachycephaly, ventricular dilatation, and skull dysmorphologies in Persian cats.

Animals

92 Persian-, 10 Domestic shorthair cats.

Methods

The grade of brachycephaly was determined on skull models based on CT datasets. Cranial measurements were examined with regard to a possible correlation with relative ventricular volume, and cranial capacity. Persians with high (peke-face Persians) and lower grades of brachycephaly (doll-face Persians) were investigated for the presence of skull dysmorphologies.

Results

The mean cranial index of the peke-face Pe

SUBMITTER: Schmidt MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5598898 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature