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- Pain in the affected joint or joints
- Loss of appetite
- Fever
- Stiffness
- Listless and sluggish
- Lame (acute or chronic)
- Joint or joints are swollen
- Affected joints are hot to the touch
- Poor range of motion in affected joint or joints
- Bacteria entering the cat’s bloodstream
- Rickettsia spp. (Rocky Mountain spotted fever)
- Spirochetes (causes Lyme disease)
- Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia)
- Pasteurella bacteria
- Staphylococci
- Coliform bacteria
- Streptococci
- Bacteroides
- Propionibacterium
- Fusobacterium
- Peptostreptococcus
- Feline calicivirus
- Mycoplasma
- Leishmania
- Blastomyces
- Coccidioides
- Cryptococcus
- Hypoadrenocorticism or Addison’s disease
- Drug therapy that suppresses the cat’s immune response
- Diabetes mellitus
- Disease
- Existing bony arthritis or osteoarthritis
- Pre-existing damage to the joint or joints
- Steroidal intra-articular injection (into the joint space)
- Past trauma that penetrated the affected joint or joints
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