Retrospective Study of Clinical Manifestations and Multiple Treatment Outcomes in 57 Cats Diagnosed with Feline Chronic Gingivostomatitis

Abstract

T he feline chronic gingivostomatitis (FCGS) is a poorly understood disease condition, characterized by dysphagia, ptyalism, pain on manipulation of the mouth, pawing at the mouth, chronic debilitating condition, grooming deficiency, and sometimes bleeding from the mouth (Healey et al., 2007;Bellei et al., 2008). FCGS occurs globally with a prevalence range of 0.7% to 12% (Winer et al., 2016). Clinically FCGS manifested as severe chronic inflammation of caudal, gingival, buccal, and labial, palatoglossal, and/ or other remaining part's mucosa of the oral cavity (Peralta and Carney, 2019). Factors such as innate

Feline Chronic Gingivostomatitis pada Kucing Mix Domestic Long Hair

“…Feline Chronic Gingivostomatitis merupakan kondisi yang menyakitkan bagi kucing, sering kali mengakibatkan penurunan kondisi yang disebabkan karena inflamasi yang berkepanjangan. Penyebab terjadi FCGS belum dapat diketahui secara pasti, begitu pula dengan terapinya (Haidary et al, 2021).…”