AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC-ANEMIA IN THE CAT - CLINICAL AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF 5 CASES

The authors describe the clinical and biological signs of autoimmune h emolytic anaemia diagnosed in five cats. They report also the results of immunopathological tests which proved the auto-immune character of the anaemia and the presence of Anti-Nuclear Auto-antibodies at titer slightly elevated (1/200) in the serum of one of these five cats. Thes e case reports are followed by a discussion to compare the clinical, b iological and immunopathological results obtained with similar cases p ublished in the literature. The possibility of a development of a feli ne lupus erythematosus is considered for one of these cats. The author s make the difficult diagnosis features of certainty for lupus-like sy ndrom in the cat.