A Michael Broad Blog
by Gail (Boston, USA) During her wellness visit, the vet found a large mass around Sadie’s kidneys and she lost more weight. After blood tests, Sadie was diagnosed with a severe bacterial infection and anemia. She lost another 2-pounds, which put her weight at 4.6-pounds; drastic for what was once a 12-pound feline. Her …
Romeo died 5 days after this photo Today I want to talk about Panleuk (Feline Panleukopenia), Parvo (Parvovirus) and Tamiflu (Oseltamivir Phosphate) – please also read the update at the base of the page (Michael). There are few diseases in the animal world that strike heartbreak and terror into animal lovers as much as …
By Graela (Flickr) – published under a Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 Generic Creative Commons license. Humans transmitting disease to cats is very rare it seems and it qualifies as cat news. I don’t actually know of any except for the presumed transmission of swine flu to a cat from humans in the same household. Although …
by Michael (London, UK) Barn Kitten with conjunctivitis – photo Lee (Flickr). I have used this sad picture before. Spot of conjunctivitis – photo Jennifer Lamb (Flickr) Another cat with conjunctivitis – calico cat – photo sg4w (Flickr) Feline conjunctivitis is inflammation of the conjunctiva. The conjunctiva is a clear mucous membrane consisting of …
photo by massdistraction I’ll get straight to the point: Feline Distemper Symptom Acute illness is apparent very quickly and the course of the disease can be very short. From infection to death can be 3-5 days. Sometimes the person keeping the cat may not be fully aware that a kitten is ill before she/he …
by Michael (London, UK) In the cat world viral infections of the repiratory system are one of the most common infectious diseases. They also lead to secondary bacterial infections, complicating and compounding the illness. There are two types of of viruses (“viral groups” seems to be a better description) that cause respiratory infections: The …
Swine Flu H1N1 virus influenza 3.0 – photo by hitthatswitch People search for cat swine flu because there is a bit of talk about cats getting swine flu. It means swine flu in cats. I’ll call it “cat swine flu” in this short post. This is another element in the spread of the disease. …
Cat health sneezing – Sneezing gets rid of stuff in the nose that shouldn’t be there, for example, mucus or a foreign object. Symptom in addition to sneezing Cause Action Source of Information None, necessarily but may accompany nasal discharge and lethargy Upper respiratory infection (URI) – 80-90% caused by feline viral rhinotracheitis FVR …
