Hypoalbuminaemia and its association with disease and clinical outcomes in cats.

The incidence of feline hypoalbuminaemia in our study surpasses previous canine reports. Our findings support albumin as a negative acute phase protein in cats, with hypoalbuminaemia frequently associated with inflammatory disease. Hypoalbuminaemia also features prominently in cats with gastrointestinal neoplasia, indicating careful appraisal of the presence of protein-losing enteropathy is required in these cases. Finally, albumin is found to be a prognostic indicator in this study.