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The utility of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Feline Hyperesthesia Syndrome

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Last updated: 27 Apr 2025

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Veterinary Diseases (Fish diseases, Poultry diseases, Infectious disea…imal diseases, Internal medicine, Laboratory and clinical diagnosis).

Abstract

Feline hyperesthesia syndrome (FHS) is a little-known syndrome characterized by skin texture fluctuations and behavioral disturbances (self-mutilation, excessive vocalization, jumping, running, tail chasing, etc.). Several long-term attacks of neurodermatological findings were evident in 23 cats of various breeds and both sexes. Depending on the respective clinical response, fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) was used with heterologous origin between 1 and 4 sessions. Considering the frequency of attacks for clinical signs before FMT intervention, the vast majority of cats exhibited daily attacks/excessive grooming of the flank, lumbar or perineal region, lumbar hyperesthesia, vocalization, mutilation, alopecia, and allodynia. However, the disease phenotypes for FHS and the types of accompanying behavioral disorders recorded before and after FMT suggested that FMT was effective. Three different stress factors and environmental conditions were evaluated separately, showing that loud vocalization, struggling, panting, tremors and hyperesthesia decreased dramatically in response to FMT. In general interpretation, FMT was highly effective and no side effects were noticed or detected. The overall clinical response rate after FMT was 86.95%. Among them, 16 (69.56%) cats showed clinical remission, 4 (17.39%) cats showed clinical improvement and three (13.04%) cats had invalid clinical symptoms.

DOI

10.21608/svu.2025.349862.1360

Keywords

Behavioral Disorders, microbiome therapy, neuro-dermatology

Authors

First Name

Kerem

Last Name

Ural

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Affiliation

Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Aydın/TÜRKİYE

Email

uralkerem@gmail.com

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Orcid

0000-0003-1867-7143

First Name

Hasan

Last Name

Erdoğan

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Aydin Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of İnternal Medicine, Işıklı,Aydın/Turkey

Email

hasaner.09@gmail.com

City

Aydin

Orcid

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First Name

Songül

Last Name

Erdoğan

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Aydin Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of İnternal Medicine, Işıklı,Aydın/Turkey

Email

songultp.09@gmail.com

City

Aydin

Orcid

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First Name

Cemalettin

Last Name

Ayvazoğlu

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Ardahan University, Nihat Delibalta Göle Vocational School, Department of Laboratory and Veterinary Health, Ardahan/TÜRKİYE

Email

cemalettinayvazoglu@ardahan.edu.tr

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Cansu

Last Name

Balıkçı

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Intenal Medicine, Aydın/TÜRKİYE

Email

cansubalikciii@gmail.com

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Volume

8

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

51914

Issue Date

2025-03-01

Receive Date

2025-01-02

Publish Date

2024-03-01

Page Start

49

Page End

55

Print ISSN

2535-1826

Online ISSN

2535-1877

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417,795

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Research article

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712

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Journal

Publication Title

SVU-International Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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https://svu.journals.ekb.eg/

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The utility of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Feline Hyperesthesia Syndrome

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Article

Created At

29 Mar 2025