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Angora: A very new British cat breed that is an oriental longhaired cat.
Animal Protein: Dietary components derived from meat, fish, and animal products such as milk.
Animal Shelter: An organization which cares for strays and other homeless pets and seeks to find permanent homes for them.
Antibodies: A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus, such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or transplanted organ, and that neutralizes the antigen by binding specifically to it; an immunoglobulin.
Asthma: A chronic respiratory disease, often arising from allergies, that is characterized by sudden recurring attacks of labored breathing, chest constriction, and coughing.
Asymptomatic: Neither causing nor exhibiting symptoms of disease.
Australian Mist Cat: A breed of cat developed by crossing Burmese cats, Abyssinian cats and domestic shorthair cats, creating a shorthaired cat with a spotted coat.
Auto-immune disease: A disease resulting from an immune reaction produced by an individual's white blood cells or antibodies acting on the body's own tissues or extracellular proteins.
Awn Hairs: In a cat's coat, the secondary hairs with a bristly texture and thickened tips. |
