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Canine Rotavirus Infection: Symptoms and Treatment
Rotavirus is an intestinal infection that mainly affects young puppies, causing diarrhea while adult dogs often show no symptoms. The virus sheds in feces and spreads by the oral-fecal route, and can pass between species, allowing it to persist in the environment.
Canine Coronavirus (CCoV): Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention
Canine coronavirus is a highly contagious viral infection that causes acute gastroenteritis in dogs. It spreads through contact with contaminated saliva, feces, and food, and typically produces vomiting, diarrhea, and appetite loss. Most dogs recover within 7 to 10 days, but the infection is known to recur.
What does normal cat stool look like?
Normal stool is brown (yellowish on a raw-meat diet). Black or blood-streaked stool means GI bleeding—see a vet. Ideal stool is medium-firm, smooth, mildly odorous; soft, loose, or very foul stool suggests GI or metabolic disease.
What causes drooling and seizures in dogs?
Drooling with seizures can mean epilepsy, low calcium, poisoning, nerve damage or brain parasites; get a full work-up at a vet at once.
Which Vegetables Are Toxic to a Golden Retriever?
Avoid chili, onion, garlic, and chives. Onion and garlic destroy red blood cells and can damage the kidneys or cause fatal anemia; chili irritates the gut. Never feed these.
My 2-month-old kitten has a cold, won’t eat, and is sneezing
Likely herpes or calicivirus. Get the kitten to a vet for fluids to avoid dehydration and low blood sugar, then test (CBC, PCR) before medicating. If a vet isn't immediately possible and there's no fever/eye discharge/mouth ulcers, a pet antibiotic (amoxi-clav, doxycycline) plus lysine, vitamin C, and protein may help.
How can I tell whether my cat is sick?
The best check is a vet exam, but you can screen at home first. Here is what to look at.
What should I do if my cat’s urine is very yellow and concentrated?
Yellow, concentrated urine is often from low water intake, but urinary diseases (urethritis, cystitis) can also cause it—see a vet if urination is frequent, painful, or bloody. GI illness with vomiting or diarrhea can concentrate urine through dehydration too.
How many days must a cat survive distemper (panleukopenia) to be safe?
Generally safe after about 7 days. The course is 7-10 days; the danger period is days 3-5 (WBC drops, GI bleeding, vomiting) and it improves after day 7. Vaccinate to prevent.
Do Cats Need Deworming in Winter?
Parasites stay active even in winter, so year-round deworming matters. Fleas, ticks, heartworm, and intestinal worms can all affect cats during the cold months, and several safe topical and systemic products are available.