Genetic diseases of cats and dogs

FCKS (Flat Chest Kitten Syndrome) is a disease in which the kittens at the bottom of the chest flattened.

Deformed chest presses on the heart and lungs, causing problems with breathing and eating. When flattened the chest muscles between the ribs and diaphragm muscles not downloaded properly and not released, the contents of the chest cavity is so small and the kittens are trying to get more oxygen hyperventilation. The flattening of the chest for kittens is between 2 - 10 day of their lives, mostly by the keeper before noticed palpable than visible flattening. When palpation is felt tabs on the sides of the chest (sharp edges). Degrees of flattening may be different, and sometimes you can have more degrees in one litter of kittens. Some with slight flattening of the handle itself heal without veterinary assistance. Other kittens die within the first days of life, as an important milestone given the age of 3 weeks, but the kittens,which exceeds this age, they can die. Cats with mild to the contrary, can live normal life expectancy of cats.
Some kittens with FCKS diaphragm muscle can be severely affected, pull the sternum to the thoracic cavity, which distorts the shape of the heart and prevents the development of lung tissue, so it is sometimes called the FCKS pectus excavatum (chest inverted), but inverted chest is another disease Only FCKS may accompany.

Inheritance and affected dogs

Not sure if FCKS is an inherited disease, sometimes people are born only kitten in the litter, often in healthy parents and unaffected lines. Evidence at the beginning of the survey showed that this could be an autosomal recessive disease, but has great influence and the environment itself. Some veterinarians believeFCKS that is caused by a lack of taurine, potassium, or any of the vitamins, but in the case of kittens potassium in the blood tests did not reveal his lack of Potassium therapy and even they had no effect.

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