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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