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Salt Poisoning in Dogs and Cats
Eating too much common salt irritates the gut and over-excites the brain, causing restlessness, muscle tremor, thirst, little urine and dehydration; severe cases can be fatal. Fresh water and careful correction of electrolytes are the mainstay.
Lead Poisoning in Dogs and Cats
Lead is a heavy metal that most often poisons young pets after they chew paint, batteries or contaminated water. It causes nervous signs such as seizures, aggression and incoordination, plus anaemia and urinary irritation.
Fluoroacetamide Poisoning in Dogs and Cats
Fluoroacetamide is a highly toxic rodenticide that blocks the citric-acid cycle, hitting the brain and heart hardest. Poisoned pets vomit, lose control of bladder and bowels, then convulse and may die within minutes to hours.
Zinc Phosphide Poisoning in Dogs and Cats
Zinc phosphide is a rodenticide that releases phosphine gas in the stomach, acting mainly on the nervous system. Poisoned pets drool, vomit (with a garlic odour), develop diarrhoea with blood and may seize or fall into coma.
Zinc Metabolism Disorders in Dogs and Cats
Zinc metabolism disorders in dogs and cats include zinc deficiency, stunted growth, diarrhea, and a crusting dermatitis around the eyes, mouth, and genitals, and zinc excess, causing lethargy, vomiting, and gut inflammation. Deficiency is corrected with dietary zinc and a balanced ration.
Manganese Metabolism Disorders in Dogs and Cats
Manganese metabolism disorders in dogs and cats are usually deficiency, causing bone deformity, joint swelling, lameness, and reproductive disturbance, with rare toxicity causing reduced fertility and local albinism. They are corrected by balancing dietary manganese.
Magnesium Metabolism Disorders in Dogs and Cats
Magnesium disorders in dogs and cats include deficiency, causing stunted growth, hyperexcitability, and convulsions, and excess, usually from over-supplementation, causing vomiting, diarrhea, and in cats urinary tract signs. They are managed by correcting dietary magnesium and treating the underlying cause.
Postpartum Eclampsia (Puerperal Tetany) in Dogs and Cats
Postpartum eclampsia (puerperal tetany) in dogs and cats is an acute low-blood-calcium crisis in nursing mothers, usually 2 to 4 weeks after whelping, causing restlessness, stiffness, and violent seizures that can be fatal without prompt calcium treatment. It is an emergency requiring immediate veterinary care.
Osteomalacia in Dogs and Cats
Osteomalacia in adult dogs and cats is bone softening from calcium or vitamin D imbalance, causing stiffness, lameness, joint swelling, and easy fractures. It is managed by correcting calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D and treating underlying gut or parasite disease.
Rickets in Dogs and Cats
Rickets in dogs and cats is a growing-animal bone disease from vitamin D, calcium, or phosphorus deficiency, producing soft, deformed bones, lameness, and dental problems. It is prevented and treated with corrected diet, sunlight, and veterinary-directed calcium and vitamin D.