Archive for May, 2007
FELINE UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
A complex of infections involving Feline Pneumonitis (Chlamydia), Rhinotracheitis (Herpes virus), Calicivirus, and a few others causes symptoms similar to those of a head cold.
FELINE DISTEMPER
Feline distemper (also called "feline panleukopenia") is a generally lethal infection in kittens and young adult cats. It has no relationship to canine distemper, but is closely related to canine parvovirus. This virus forms the basis of regular feline vaccination, and represents one of the most >FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS
Feline Leukemia Virus is a deadly virus of usually young cats and kittens. Mortality is high with 80% of infected cats dying within the first 3 years. No effective treatment has emerged but vaccination is preventive. We have assembled some external links to create an informative collection regarding this terrible infection.
FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
There is finally a vaccine for this disease, but our hospital chooses not to use it. Why not? This page explains why we don’t think you should vaccinate your cat against FIV.
FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS
FIP is a very serious disease with nearly 100% mortality. Testing is extremely difficult and a tremendous amount of misinformation has circulated. We would like to present an FAQ to hopefully straighten out what is known about this condition.
RABIES VACCINATION FOR CATS
Dogs are not the only animals susceptible to this deadly disease. Click here to check out the part of this page dealing specifically with our feline friends.
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Cats are territorial animals and will fight with other cats to establish territory or to defend their existing territory. As a result fight wounds occur commonly in cats. These wounds often result in an infection that can be quite nasty, especially if left untreated.
Fight wounds occur more in male than female cats. Un-neutered males are especially prone to fighting.
Bacteria trapped under the skin following a bite wound can multiply for several days before any signs of infection become visible. Swelling and pain at the puncture site are the most common signs of infection.
Fever is not rare. If loose skin is present around the puncture sites, a pocket of pus will form an abscess. If the skin is not loose, such as on a foot or the tail, infection spreads throughout the tissues, but the swelling may be less visible than with an abscess. This particular infection is called cellulitis. With both an abscess and cellulitis, trapped pus can made the cat quite toxic and extremely ill.
When a cat bites, its teeth go through the skin, and then it releases quickly which results in small puncture wounds in the skin, with holes about the same diameter as the cat's teeth. These holes seal and virtually disappear within hours, trapping bacteria from the cat's mouth under the skin of the victim. The types of bacteria which live in the cat's mouth grow in an environment where the oxygen concentration is low. Once the wound seals shut, bacteria can begin to multiply at a rapid rate.
The organisms most commonly involved with cat bites are Pasteurella multocida and Streptococcus; as previously stated, bacteria which can survive with little or no oxygen are often involved.
Treatment
Treatment of cat bite wounds varies. If you know that your cat has bite wounds from a fight, antibiotics given within 24 hours will usually stop spread of the infection and prevent the development of an abscess. If several days have elapsed since the fight, an abscess will usually form. The abscess must be drained through the bite wound holes or by incising the skin over the abscess. Occasionally, a latex drain tube must be placed to keep the wound open and allow pus to drain out completely.
Antibiotics given by injection and/or by mouth complete the treatment. The abscess usually heals within 2-5 days. If cellulitis occurs instead of an abscess, drainage is not possible because the infection is not confined to a local area. In this case, antibiotics are the sole treatment. Cellulitis is slower to heal than an abscess but will usually take place within 3-7 days.
Neutering the male cat can make a huge difference in decreasing or even eliminating the problem of bite wounds. If their territory is invaded by another cat, however, they will defend it by fighting. Female cats, whether intact or spayed, will also defend their territory.
Keeping cats indoors and away from other cats can also help in management of this problem.
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Dogs are not people. Before you give them love and affection, they need exercise, direction, and leadership. Giving them love alone does not give them balance in their lives. You need to be the pack leader!
Rehabilitating a dog is not about “repairing” him. It’s all about you, the dog owner. Dogs pick up feelings of fear, doubt, worry, etc. – and they will react to them by attempting to become dominant over them and over you.
Practice leadership every day, especially while you are on your daily walk. The energy you are projecting is the message you are sending to your dog.
Dedicate a minimum of 45 minutes of time to the dog’s walk, preferably in the morning. Let the dog know you have a consistent routine that you expect him to follow, in a positive manner.
Do not expect more from your dog than you would expect from your own children. Dogs need the same discipline. Give him rules, boundaries and limitations, then love and affection.
Avoid feeding into your dog’s fears or neurotic behavior. Imagine a successful scenario and hold it in your mind when dealing with your dog. You are the source of your dog’s energy. You are the role model.
Challenge your dog’s mind – dogs want to know and be told what to do with their lives. Let the dog work for your affection. Once he is in a calm and submissive state, your love will intensify those qualities in your dog.
Dogs need on and off time too.. Engage them fully in structured times together; then they can relax and avoid impatient or destructive behaviors.
Dogs show us humans how much we can learn – they live in the moment and keep it simple. Try it!
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The canine parvovirus is the most common and very serious infectious disease of dogs in the
The Parvo Virus
The very resistant virus lives for long periods of time on floors, food containers and other household objects. Rugs are especially difficult to sanitize. The virus can be inactivated, with ordinary household bleach used at a concentration of one part bleach to twenty parts water. Exposure to sunshine also kills the virus.
Although it takes one or two weeks for the dog to develop signs of disease, the virus is shed in the feces from the third day of exposure onward.
The Symptoms
Parvovirus disease is remarkable in that symptoms can vary from none at all to a fatal disease. Four factors govern the severity of the disease:
1.Age at exposure
2.Size of the virus dose
3.Presence of maternal antibody
4.Breed of dog involved
Dogs over six month of age develop natural resistance to the effects of parvovirus. By the time the dog reaches one or two years of age the disease can be so mild that it passes unnoticed by the owners.
The most common form of parvovirus infection is a sudden acute inflammation of the small intestine or enteritis. This is characterized by depression, vomiting, diarrhea and profound dehydration. Bloody stools and a drop in white blood cell numbers are common. Some puppies die as soon as diarrhea occurs but many linger on for 4-6 days. Those that survive eight days usually recover. The lack of white blood cells and ulceration of the lining of the small intestine lead to secondary bacterial infections.
Treatment
Treatment of parvovirus is directed at correcting the life-threatening dehydration that accompanies the diarrhea with intravenous fluids (lactated ringers solution with bicarbonate). We also give medicines that relax intestinal spasms.
Besides this, the dogs are placed on antibiotics to prevent secondary bacterial infection through the damaged small intestine. Some veterinarians give the dogs medicine to relieve the severe abdominal pain that accompanies this disease. Dogs and puppies that begin to accept small portions of food invariably are on the road to recovery. Wagging their tail is also a good sign. Despite all my efforts, many young dogs with parvo do not survive.
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The most common canine pest, the flea, is actually a remarkable being of adaptability that would be much admired if they weren't so pesky. Since they often carry tapeworms, can cause extreme severe itching and allergies, often bite humans, and because of their jumping and survival talents are reviled instead of revered.
An adult flea mates shortly after emergence and begins laying eggs within 36 hours. In her brief 50-day lifespan, a single female flea can lay more than 2000 eggs. Female fleas need blood to complete their reproductive cycle. Baby fleas need blood to grow. Although fleas prefer dog and cat blood, human blood will do in a pinch.
The female lays eggs on the host animal, but the eggs fall to the ground, carpet, sofa, dog bed, owner's bed, or easy chair where they hatch in two-to-five days. The flea larva feeds on organic debris in the environment. Within a week or two, depending on temperature and humidity, the larva spins a pupa (or cocoon) to protect it during metamorphosis to the adulthood.
In the hard-shelled pupa, the larva transforms from a tiny maggot-like creature into a six-legged blood-thirsty super-jumper able to leap 100 times its own height, and the cycle begins anew.
Humidity is critical to flea survival. Eggs need relative humidity of 70-75 percent to hatch, and larvae need at least 50 percent humidity to survive. In humid areas, about 20 percent of the eggs survive to adulthood; in arid areas, less than five percent complete the cycle.
If your dog scratches, he may have been bitten, but he may also have dry skin, an allergy, or mange mites. If he bites at his rear end especially around his tail or the inside or outside of his thighs, fleas are a possibility.
Flea dirt looks like sprinkled pepper on the dog. If you drop some of this "pepper" onto a damp paper towel and it turns reddish, it's fleas, not seasoning.
Dog owners have access to a variety of flea control products from herbs and electronics to biological controls. Powerful chemicals and systemic insecticides seem to be on the way out. The systemic insecticides can build to toxic levels in the dog if not used extremely carefully. Some products repel fleas, some kill adult fleas, some kill larva or eggs, and some prevent fleas from growing and reproducing.
Garlic and brewer's yeast are popular flea repellents with the natural crowd, but there are no tests that indicate these diet supplements are effective. Many dog owners believe they work, however.
Electronic flea traps are sometimes used to attract and kill the pests before they attack the dog, but they do nothing about fleas in the yard or flea eggs or larvae in the house.
Flea collars have mixed results depending on the chemical involved, the size of the dog, and the density of the dog's coat.
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Does your dog howl and whine forever when you leave him? Does your dog’s destructive behavior leaves your home in a mess when you leave it alone? If your answer is yes, then your dog has a real problem: separation anxiety.
Sometimes, when the relationship between owner and dog is too close, the dog becomes confused and frightened when left alone. To overcome this problem, time and repetition are your best solutions.
You can always prepare your dog for your departure. In stead of extra petting and kissing, you should decrease your interaction with your dog prior to leaving and ignore it in order to make your departure less noticeable and worrisome. You can, moreover, provide your dog with some sort of distraction before you leave, thus giving your dog a new toy before you leave will make your departure a pleasurable experience in stead of a painful one. The sound coming from a TV or a radio channel will also help sooth your dog, decreasing its feelings of stress and loneliness.
Although training your dog to get rid of such anxiety is not easy, with patience you can reduce its fear.
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