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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.
The prodromal symptoms are fever, headache, and myalgia, which can be severe, lasting as long as 24 hours.After 1–5 days, typically, these are followed by diarrhea (as many as 10 watery, frequently bloody, bowel movements per day) or dysentery, cramps, abdominal pain, and fever as high as 40 °C (104 °F).
Symptoms: Initial phase: common cold-like symptoms. Later on: ataxia, muscle weakness, dysphagia. End phase: shortness of breath, urinary incontinence, paralysis. Usual onset: Can take up to a year for symptoms to appear after exposure to virus: Duration: 1-month or less average life expectancy after diagnosis, especially in kittens: Causes
Symptoms of infection include fever, general felling of tiredness, skin rash, and gastrointestinal disturbances. Severe anemia and liver damage may also incapacitate the infected person for 1–2 months. Treatment of opisthorchiasis is generally with a single dose of praziquantel. [citation needed]
Infection is commonly spread among cats by ocular secretion. [7] C. felis infection is most common in multicat environments such as shelters, breeder catteries, and among stray cat communities. [7] Young cats, around the age of one year or under, are at the highest risk of infection. [7] Infection can be detected either by culturing a sample or ...
Other common symptoms of lymphoma in cats include swollen lymph nodes, loss of appetite, weight loss, and difficulty breathing. [4] Lymphoma and lymphosarcoma are common among cats with FeLV infections. It affects the intestines and other lymphatic tissues (commonly the abdominal organs). Cats with these cancers may be affected by a loss of ...
In 2010, over 400 cases of cowpox infection from cats to human have been described. The symptoms differ between both humans and cats. In people, local exanthema appears on the arms and face. The infection resolves on its own but those who are immunosuppressed can progress to systemic infection that closely resembles smallpox. When the infection ...
Symptoms typically begin within 3–14 days following infection. [2] Cat-scratch disease is caused by the bacterium Bartonella henselae which is believed to be spread by the cat's saliva. [2] Young cats pose a greater risk than older cats. [3] Occasionally dog scratches or bites may be involved. [3] Diagnosis is generally based on symptoms. [3]