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Postpartum Septicemia in Dogs and Cats
Postpartum septicemia is a whole-body infection from severe uterine or vaginal infection after birth, often due to a dirty environment or retained placenta. Signs include refusal to eat and rapid fever above 40 C with cold skin, and urgent antimicrobial and supportive care is required.
Causes and Symptoms of Rabbit Mastitis
Rabbit mastitis mostly hits nursing does, from stagnant milk or breast trauma. Learn the causes, signs and how to treat each stage.
Two Serious and Common Rabbit Diseases
Rabbit owners should know how to prevent and recognize viral hemorrhagic disease and pasteurellosis — two widespread, often fatal rabbit illnesses. This guide covers their signs, vaccines, and treatment regimens.
Rabbit Mastitis
Mastitis in rabbits causes loss of appetite and refusal to nurse; without prompt treatment the doe can die from septicemia. The main signs are a hot, red, painful udder that may turn blue in severe cases. It most often appears in nursing does around 20 days after kindling.
Is Yellow Watery Stool in Cats a Sign of Feline Distemper?
Yellow watery stool can mean feline distemper, especially in unvaccinated cats, but also bacterial gastroenteritis, parasites, or indigestion. Learn to tell these conditions apart.
What happens if a dog has a uterine infection?
A uterine infection (metritis) is inflammation of the uterine lining, usually caused by bacteria, viruses or other pathogens entering the uterus. Signs include abdominal discomfort, fever, poor appetite and lethargy, and in serious cases a foul-smelling discharge from the vulva.
How Long Until a Turtle with Pneumonia Dies?
If a turtle gets pneumonia and the owner does not treat it in time, it may die in about a month. With prompt care, survival rate is high. Here is how turtle pneumonia leads to death and how to treat it.
Common Diseases That Affect Rabbits
Rabbits are fragile and prone to a few serious diseases: rabbit viral hemorrhagic disease (near-100% fatal, often sudden death), pasteurellosis (fever, runny nose), coccidiosis (gut/liver parasite, high death rate), and colibacillosis (E. coli, fatal diarrhea). This article summarizes each and urges early care.
What’s the difference between panosteitis and osteomyelitis in dogs?
They differ in cause, site, symptoms, and treatment. Panosteitis infects the whole body's marrow (often from sepsis, gut infection); osteomyelitis is marrow infection of one or few bones—femoral head, spine, tibia.
How long after labor starts is a dog considered to have dystocia?
A dog usually delivers about two hours after the water breaks; if strong straining lasts two hours with no puppy, it is likely dystocia. Seek veterinary help at once, as dead fetuses can be fatal.