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*Possibly toxic cause.
*Possibly toxic cause.
*Possibly in dry food or in vaccine?
*Possibly in dry food or in vaccine?
*Agent not really known, but produces general damage to autonomic nervous system.[[Category:Cat]]
*Agent not really known, but produces general damage to autonomic nervous system.
=====Feline dysautonomia, or Key-Gaskell Syndrome=====
[[Image:Ba 250 07.jpg|thumb|right|Histological section of degenerate neuron in feline dysautonomia(Courtesy of Susan Rhind)]]
* Occurs mostly in the UK and continental Europe.
* Is also of unknown aetiology. Suggested causative factors include:
** Environmental toxins
** Infectious agents
** Botulinum toxins .
* Clinical signs:
** Anorexia
** Depression
** Bradycardia
** Decreased lacrimation,
** Altered pupillary dilataion,
** [[Megaoesophagus]]
** Constipation.
* Degenerative lesions of autonomic nerve ganglia can be seen.
* Also occurs in the [[Key-Gaskell Syndrome|oesophagus]].
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[[Category:Intestine_-_Functional_Obstruction]]