Any type of trauma suffered to the face and head, especially at a very young age, can lead to permanent physical injury and neurological damage in the cat.<\/p>\n
Note. The mother cat’s exposure to certain toxins during pregnancy, as well as inbreeding, are other causes for a cat to be born with congenital malformations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
A cat<\/strong> that appears to have Down syndrome<\/strong> can always be examined by the veterinarian to determine the origin of any abnormality. Genetic testing, blood tests, and X-rays can help identify not only the actual cause of the symptoms but also the type of treatment and care the cat needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cats can suffer from many of the same diseases that humans suffer from, but is Down Syndrome one of them? In this article, you will discover everything you need to know about cats with down syndrome: myths vs. reality, symptoms involved, frequent doubts… and much more. Can cats have Down Syndrome? To begin with, it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omgmeow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omgmeow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omgmeow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omgmeow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omgmeow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1381"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/omgmeow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1662,"href":"https:\/\/omgmeow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions\/1662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omgmeow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omgmeow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omgmeow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omgmeow.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}