Are Siamese cats more frequently sick than other cats?

[flintmccullough]

Bartonella, is not one, they test for on a CBC and Wellness blood panel. It has to be tested for seperately.  

This is what they test for on the CBC (Complete Blood Count) panel.      http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=0+1302+1473&aid=987

This is what they test for on the Wellness Chemestries panel.        http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=0+1302+1473&aid=989

I first read about Bartonella, and that the cat should be tested for it, if a URI just won't go away, or if it goes away, but keeps coming back, and that they usually treat it with Baytril, in a past issue of Cat Fancy, a few years ago.   

   

 

[GoldyCat]

A thread about the differences among cat registries would be an interesting topic in the Breeding Cats forum.

The topic has already been discussed a number of times in the Breeders Forum. If you're really interested you could do a search on colorpoint (colourpoint) and/or siamese colors.