Both attack the lymphatic system, but each has a different treatment plan and prognosis. Hodgkinâs lymphoma is very rare and only accounts for 10% of the diagnosed cases of lymphoma. The disease is characterized by the presence of an atypical cell called the Reed-Sternberg cell.
It goes on to make a recommendation for examinations with blood, urine and possibly T4 and BP tests in senior cats at least annually starting at age 7-10, with the frequency increasing as cats age.
At one year a cat is about equal in development to a human at age 15. The cat is an adolescent, approaching adult size but not yet fully grown, capable of mating but not likely to be mature enough for really effective parenthood, still kittenish in some ways but becoming more like an adult in other ways. At age 2 a cat is about like a human at age 23, all grown up and established in young adulthood. After that cats age about four times as fast as we do, so you can add four equivalent human years to each additional year of feline age. That makes a cat at age 3 about equal to a human of 27, 4 is like 31, and so on.