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Feline disease refers to infections or illnesses that affect cats. They may cause symptoms, sickness or the death of the animal. Some diseases are symptomatic in one cat but asymptomatic in others. Feline diseases are often opportunistic and tend to be more serious in cats that already have concurrent sicknesses.
It has been noted that affected cats tend to be dominating rather than submissive; some research argues that feline hyperesthesia syndrome is a form of conflict displacement, rather than just a form of general behavioural displacement, wherein the affected cat acts out thwarted territorial disputes on its own body. [9]
What are the symptoms of bird flu in cats? The AVMA recommends pet owners look out for signs such as loss of appetite, lethargy and fever. A bird flu infection can quickly progress with neurologic ...
Cat-scratch disease; Cerebellar hypoplasia (non-human) Cheyletiella; Chlamydia felis; Chronic kidney disease in cats; Coccidia; Congenital sensorineural deafness in cats; Corneal ulcers in animals; Cowpox; Cryptococcosis; Cryptosporidiosis; Cushing's syndrome (veterinary)
A feline zoonosis is a viral, bacterial, fungal, protozoan, nematode or arthropod infection that can be transmitted to humans from the domesticated cat, Felis catus.Some of these diseases are reemerging and newly emerging infections or infestations caused by zoonotic pathogens transmitted by cats.
Not all cats that are infected will have the piroplasms on their blood smear, especially if they are early in disease course. Another method of diagnosing infection in sick cats is to take needle aspirates of affected organs and find the schizonts inside mononuclear cells in the tissues; examination of tissue is also useful for the diagnosis ...
A disease which can kill cats, both domestic and wild, has been discovered for the first time in the US. A variant of the rustrela virus-- related to the wider-known rubella virus which causes a ...
“Cats can be infected if they share a litter box, toy, food bowl, or a kennel with an infected cat. They can also get infected by being boarded at a kennel sharing common air space with an ...