Cat Health

CAT DISEASES AND SYMPTOMS

F.I.P. (FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS)

THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF "CORONA VIRUS" IN DOGS. IT IS A VIRAL INFECTION IN CATS. PREVENTION IS OF THE UPMOST IMPORTANCE, SINCE THERE IS NO EFFECTIVE CURE ONCE A CAT HAS DEVELOPED SIGNS OF THE DISEASE. DlSEASE IS FATAL.

SYMPTOMS:

INFLAMMATION OF BLOOD VESSELS, VASCULITIS, FLUID IN ABDOMINAL CAVITIES AND CHEST,LESIONS IN LYMPH NODES,KIDNEYS AND EYES. AFFECTS MANY ORGANS IN A CATS BODY.

ATTACKS:

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, EYES, KIDNEYS AND OTHER ORGANS.


FELINE LEUKEMIA (FELV)

KNOWN ALSO AS FELINE AIDS. DESTROYS THE CATS IMMUNE SYSTEM. CAUSES TUMORS, AND CANCER. HOWEVER THIS DISEASE HAS MANY VARIABLE SYMPTOMS SINCE IT DESTROYS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM.

SYMPTOMS:

CHRONIC GINGlVITIS,RECURRING ABSCESSES, RESPIRATORY TRACK INFECTIONS, BAD BREATH, ULCERS OF THE MOUTH, SKIN LESIONS AND MANY OTHERS.


FELINE DISTEMPER (KNOWN ALSO AS FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA)

HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VIRAL INFECTION. EASILY SPREAD THROUGH CONTACT WITH INFECTED CATS. FATAL LEFT UNTREATED.

SYMPTOMS:

FEVER, DIARRHEA, PROSTRATION, DEHYDRATION, VOMITING, WEIGHT LOSS AND DEPRESSION.



FELINE CALICIVIRUS

VIRAL INFECTION AFFECTING LUNGS AND ORAL CAVITY.

SYMPTOMS:

PNEUMONIA, ULCERS ON TONGUE, AND RESPIRATORY INFECTION





WITH ALL FELINE DISEASES PREVENTION IS KEY. VACCINATING YOUR CAT OR KITTEN ON A REGULAR BASIS IS THE BEST WAY TO KEEP HIM SAFE AND HEALTHY. VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE OVER THE COUNTER AT MOST PHARMACIES IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE YOUR PET TO THE VET, OR IF YOU JUST WANT TO SAVE MONEY. MAKE SURE YOU PROVIDE YOUR CAT WITH IMMUNIZATION AGAINST ALL FELINE DISEASES. THE MOST COMPLETE FELINE VACCINES IS THE FELINE 5/1 IT INCLUDES LEUKEMIA, BUT REMEMBER F.I.P, RABIES AND LYME ARE NOT INCLUDED. CHECK WITH YOUR STATE FOR REQUIREMENTS OF RABIES AND LYME VACCINES, AS IN SOME STATES SUCH AS HAWAII AND MONTANA YOU DO NOT VACCINATE FOR THE DISEASE.

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