What affects us affects cats
The question hints at one of the great dilemmas of cat loving women who want to have a child. There are millions of pages on the Internet about pregnancy and toxoplasmosis. It is the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii which causes the disease toxoplasmosis. The question refers to birth defects in a human newborn child. The …
This page is about what the experts say you should do in respect of isolation not in respect of medical treatment. It goes without saying that a veterinarian must be involved. It’s becoming apparent that cat owners who test positive for antibodies or viral RNA of the Covid-19 disease (which means that they have …
This is a developing situation. Nobody wants to create alarm but the focus thus far has been on people and how many are infected and how many die. Companion animals are an afterthought but the picture is developing. It seems clear to me that people who have been infected with Covid-19 should consider their …
The coronavirus causes an upper respiratory infection (URI) in cats, both domestic and wild. The online newspapers stated that the first UK cat to become infected with coronavirus had a cough. There will probably be other symptoms of a URI such as sneezing, watery nose, nasal discharge and eye discharge and lethargy. There may …
Ringworm (dermatophytosis) is spread by cats in direct contact with each other or with materials that have been contaminated with the skin debris of an infected cat or another animal or indeed a human. Ringworm is zoonotic, which means it can be transmitted between animals and humans. This does not only mean that animals …
Published on 12 June 2020 on the government’s website, is a risk assessment of companion animal causing onward spread of the coronavirus, which was prepared almost 3 months ago (23 March 2020)! Three months ago it was a different world. We knew much less about coronavirus than we do now. We are still learning …
This is a good question that had not occurred to me before I noticed that it is a Google search term. I interpret the question to mean, “Does cat vomit contain toxoplasma oocysts?”. I say this because human infection comes from ingesting T. gondii oocysts. A cat becomes infected with T. gondii in two …
Like most, I like to keep abreast of developments that are taking place in the coronavirus pandemic. It is changing all the time largely because we are learning about it. However, there is a quite a lot of misinformation on the Internet and speculation. I will therefore proceed carefully but I want to publish …
