A Michael Broad Blog
This is a little bit of world cat news, which I find fascinating. The location is Uganda. For people unsure where this African country is, the map below will help – it is just west (to the left) of Kenya: View Larger Map It took one male Ugandan veterinarian (“a tall, strong looking man” described …
I don’t know about you but for me taking my cat to the vet is one of the most stressful things I do. Why am I stressed? I get stressed because I know that he – my cat – will be stressed and I don’t like seeing him stressed. I also don’t know what …
All vets should provide full information to cat caretakers about the pros and and cons of cat vaccinations so that they can consent to the procedure armed with all the information that they need to make a good decision that is in the interests of the cat. What percentage do? Alternatively, the vet can …
by Michael This is an example of what can go wrong with respect to cat vaccination. It resulted in litigation – a court case or law suit, which at the time of writing (Feb. 2012) is still proceeding; hence the need to write carefully. A lot us know by now that feline vaccinations, that …
by Michael (London) Young Ragdoll cat – yes vaccinate of course – Photo by Tom Poes The reason to inoculate an indoor cat is rather a fragile one but there are reasons. Bottom line though it is a question of risk. There is still a risk to an indoor cat that it can contract …
Photo: © Chuckumentary reproduced under creative commons Introduction The cat vaccination recommendations given to me by my vet (as at 2007) were to come back every year. This was endorsed by boarding catteries in the UK who insist on a certificate. The routine booster vaccinations in the UK are Feligen RCP and Leucogen (or …
