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Most common signs of illness to seek veterinary attention:
Digestive System: Change in appetite (decrease/increase), vomiting, loose stools, constipation, and worms seen in stools, mal-odor from mouth, loose teeth,and excess salivation.
Urinary system: Excessive drinking, excess urination, urination in undesirable places, blood in urine or difficulty in urination.
Cardiac/Respiratory System: Coughing, sneezing, and not breathing right, exercise intolerance, collapse (syncope).
Ear infection: Shaking head, scratching ears, abnormal discharge or bad ear odor, head tilt.
Eye infections: Redness, tears/abnormal discharge or pawing on face.
Skin: Redness, growth, abnormal lump or discharge, hair loss, urticaria (bumps), redness, dryness, fleas/ticks or scratching.
Muscular/ Skeletal system: Lameness, swelling.
Weight Loss: Can be sign of intestinal parasites, renal disease, diabetes, hyperthyroidism (cats), gastro-intestinal disease or cancer.
Nervous system: Muscle twitching, trembling, seizures, fainting or dragging a leg.
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When does Pet Needs immediate Emergency Attention:
Hit by car, Rattle snake bite, seizures or fainting , difficult breathing, lethargy , bleeding , severe vomiting, Heat stroke(overheating), Toxin ingestion.
Pets are innocent and can consume many kinds of poisonous substances. Most common poisonings are from Rat bait, snail bait, antifreeze, onions, grapes,lead batteries, paint, human medicines, black walnuts, excess of chocolates, toxic plants, and many more.
Pet Poisoning Information: For more information on poisonings visit website below
http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/ask-the-expert/ask-the-expert-poison-control
Bird emergency: Difficult breathing ( tail bob, open mouth breathing), sitting on corner, not eating. Birds try to hide illness as a part of their natural defence to protect themselves from predators. Any sick looking bird can be seriously ill and needs immediate veterinary attention.
Reptile emergency: Lethargy, not eating, pale mucous membranes.
Web Links for Zoonotic diseases( diseases having public health significance)
Transmission of pet parasites to people : Intestinal parasites can cause serious illness in people. For details on prevention of transmission of intestinal parasites from pets to people visit Center of Disease Control website below
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/ascaris/prevention.htm
Transmission of cat Scratch fever from cats to people: Cats can transmit a bacterial infection ( Bartonella bacteria) to people. Cats get Bartonella infection from fleas. Veterinarian having experience with clinical signs this infection can easily diagnose it. Some cats may not show any clinical sign of such infection. If a cat in a household is found to be infected with feline Bartonella infection, all in contact cats should be tested and all positive cats should be treated. For detailed information contact your pet's veterinarian. For brief information about feline bartonellosis , visit website below
http://www.natvetlab.com/PDF/catownerbrochure.pdf
For information on zoonotic disease, visit web site of CDC( Center of Disease Control).
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