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Avondale Cat Hospital offers full service feline veterinary care and boarding facilities dedicated to the health and well-being of your furry, four-legged, feline friends.
Our goal is to provide you with the knowledge and care that you seek for your cats. We live in a time when the advances in human medicine are astounding and those resources are being passed on to our family pets.
We believe strongly in preventative medicine with a dedicated wellness program designed to fit our individual client needs, with the hope of providing longer and healthier lives for your pets.
Avondale Cat Hospital was granted an amendment to the release criteria for cats undergoing hyperthyroid treatment from the Bureau of Radiological Health, a division of the Iowa Department of Health. Based on the research on the actual exposure rates from all cats treated in 2003 that was conducted by the Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Avondale Cat Hospital, the criteria has been changed to the following:
These release criteria are based in the requirement that the dose to any member of the general public must not exceed 100.0 mR in one year. Papers containing the research results will be published and presented to the North Central Chapter of the Health Physics Society, the National Health Physics Society and the American College of Veterinary Radiology.
Hyperthyroidism is a condition resulting from secretion of excess thyroid hormone. In cats, this usually results from a tumor on the thyroid gland.
Cancer of the thyroid gland is a very rare cause of hyperthyroidism in cats. We do not know why cats develop thyroid disease, but it is a disease seen in cats over 4 years of age.
WHAT ARE SIGNS OF HYPERTHYROIDISM?
Blood tests should confirm elevated thyroid
hormone levels. Our veterinarians can usually feel a small lump in your cat’s
neck when abnormal thyroid tissue is present. However, normal and abnormal
thyroid tissue can be anywhere from the base of the tongue to the base of the
heart, and when it is inside the chest it cannot be felt or located except with
specialized nuclear imaging studies.
Treatment with Radioactive Iodine (I-131) is the preferred treatment for cat hyperthyroidism. It is as easy as one injection just under the skin, much like a routine feline vaccine. I-131 is safe and effective. The I-131 is absorbed quickly into the cat's bloodstream and the diseased thyroid tissue.
Once in the thyroid, it destroys the overactive portions of the thyroid gland. The radiation is excreted through the urine and feces, and a safe level of radioactivity is obtained within 3 to 10 days.
I-131 treatment has advantages over medical and surgical treatments for feline hyperthyroidism.
The I-31 treatment includes a consultation with the doctor, the radioactive iodine injection, a urinalysis, blood pressure, hospitalization and a waste disposal container for home use.
Avondale Pet Resort CAT CONDOS are air conditioned/heated and offer our feline guests a quiet, sunny, spacious place to relax far away from "talkative" dogs. Each condo offers a resting shelf and an east window along with a fleece bed. Our staff visits each cat three or more times each day and attends to their litter box, food and water. Our cat playroom provides extra space to explore the aquarium and climbing tree. It also features a view of the Cat Hospital lobby. We do ask that feline playroom visitors be tested negative for feline leukemia.
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