Female veterinarian hold in hand illness kitten.
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Methemoglobinemia In Cats: Symptoms, Causes, & Treatments

Methemoglobinemia in cats is a type of anemia where there is an abnormal amount of methemoglobin in the blood. In a perfectly healthy cat, hemoglobin in the blood carries oxygen around the body. But when a process called iron oxygenation occurs, the body produces methemoglobin, which can’t successfully carry oxygen.

Veterinarians can often visually detect the condition by noticing that…

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