Feline Medicine Q&A 05

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A 16-year-old neutered male DSH cat is presented with a 6-month history of severe weight loss. On clinical examination, the cat is noted to be extremely thin, weighing only 2.7 kg, and has bilateral thyroid nodules palpable in the neck. Examine the laboratory results which were obtained using blood collected after an 8- hour fast.


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