Cat’s diseases are caused by viruses, fungi, parasites or bacteria that your cat has picked up anywhere. The disease can be spread by bites from fleas and ticks or by protozoan such as giardia or toxoplasmosis. They can be spread through direct or indirect contact or through airborne pathogens. The parasites can be internal or external. The following are the most popular cat diseases.
1. CAT STINGS
Cat stings can be dangerous to both animals and humans. In their mouths, all cats carry a large number of bacteria that are competent of causing tissue infections in bite wounds. One of the most common is the highly pathogenic bacteria known as Pasteurella multocida.
Transmission Mode
People can get CSD from the scratches of domestic or wild cats, particularly kittens. The disease happens most often in children younger than 14 years. Cats can harbor infected fleas carrying the Bartonella bacteria. These bacteria can be transmitted from a cat to a person during a scratch. Some evidence suggests that CSD can be transmitted directly to humans by the bite of infected cat fleas, although this has not been proven.
Symptoms in Cat
Other symptoms of infection include:
Pus or fluid that flows from the wound.
Sensitivity in areas close to the bite.
Loss of sensitivity around the bite.
Red streaks near the bite.
Swollen lymph nodes.
Fever or chills.
Night sweats.
Medications and treatment
In general, minor animal and human bites can be treated at home. If there is no chance of getting an infection, have no other injuries, and do not need treatment by a doctor or a tetanus vaccine, you can clean and bandage a bite in man.
2. Q FEVER
Q fever is an illness caused by the bacteria Coxiella burnetii which is found fleas and lice. The microorganisms naturally transmit the disease to some animals, such as goats, sheep and cattle.
Transmission Mode
A cat will most generally become infected with the organism if it ingests the contaminated bodily fluids (i.e., urine, feces, milk, and discharges), tissues, or diseased carcasses (e.g., those from cattle, sheep, or goats). The microorganisms can also turn out to be airborne and is infectious through fleas or lice, which carry the bacteria. Infection of humans usually occurs by breathing of the microorganisms in air carrying dust contaminated by desiccated placental material, birth fluids, urine or faeces of infected herd animals. Contaminated clothing, wool, hides or straw may also be a source of infection.
Symptoms in cat
Anorexia
Depression
Miscarriage
Fever
Lethargy
Incoordination
Seizures (not common in cats)
MEDICATIONS AND TREATMENT
Effectual antibiotic therapy is accessible with early diagnosis, treatment is easy and good result can be predictable.
3. RABIES
These viruses are spread through saliva, primarily through bites.
There are two ways that rabies can present in animals. The Furious form, the animal becomes aggressive and begins to attack other animals. In the Dumb form, the animal becomes lethargic.
Mode of transmission.
The most common mode of virus transmission is through the bite of an infected host. However transmission has been rarely recorded through other routes such as contamination of mucous membranes like the eyes, nose, mouth, aerosol transmission and corneal and organ transplantations.
Symptom in Cat.
Primarily the symptoms imitate the flu. As the disease spreads to the brain, the patient can experience fever, abnormal behavior and mirages. Once symptoms of rabies have appeared, the disease is almost always critical.
Medications and Treatment
Having your pet cat, dog, vaccinated for rabies will aid, defend you and your family from rabies animals are more likely to encounter wildlife then humans are.
4. TOXOPLASMOSIS
Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by a unicellular organism, Toxoplasma gondii, capable of infecting both the dog and the owner. The infection spreads through feces of infected cats (such as sporozoites) or undercooked meat (such as tissue cysts).
Transmission Mode
Transmission from animal to human (zoonosis). Cats play an important role in the spread of toxoplasmosis. They become infected by eating contaminated rodents, birds or other small animals. The parasite is then passed into the feces of the cat in an oocyst form, which is a microscope.
Symptoms in Cat
Most cats infected with T. gondii will not show any symptoms. The most common symptoms of toxoplasmosis include
fever,
loss of appetite
Lethargy.
Other symptoms may arise depending on whether the disease is acute or chronic, and where the parasite is found in the body.
Medications and treatment.
Most healthy people do not require treatment with toxoplasmosis. But if they experience the symptoms of acute toxoplasmosis, the doctor may prescribe the following medications: Pyrimethamine (Daraprim). This medication, usually used for malaria, is a folic acid antagonist.
5. RINGWORM
Dermatophytosis is the medical name for a parasitic, fungal infection that affects the skin, hair, and nails (claws). The most frequent remote fungal organisms are Microsporum canis more usually referred to as ringworm. This infection affects dogs, cats, and other mammals. It is diagnosed more frequently in small animals than in old.
Mode of transmission
Humans can get ringworm from direct contact with a contaminated animal like cat and dogs, or from the environment. The spores from ringworm are very tough and live in the environment for years. They do not cause infection on healthy skin, but if the person is young, old, immunocompromised or if the skin has been damaged, a ringworm infection can occur.
Symptoms of ringworm in cats
The symptoms may include a collection of dead skin cells, which can lead to dandruff (scales); darkened skin (hyperpigmentation); poor hair coat with irritated and reddened skin (erythema); itchiness (pruritus); and hair loss (alopecia), which may be erratic or circular.
Medications and Treatment
Treatment of ringworm depends on the harshness of the disease. A veterinarian may prescribe a medicated shampoo or cream that contains miconazole or a dip such as lime sulfur to kill the fungus. In a number of cases, oral medications are required to cure ringworm.
6. HEARTWORM
Heartworm disease is caused by a worm that is carried by mosquitoes. Pets become infected when the mosquito bites and sucks blood. Once pets become infected with heartworms, worms travel through lung vessels and lungs. Mature heartworms may be a few inches long. As an adult, the heart’s parasite is able to reproduce with other heartworms and produce microfilaria.
Transmission Mode
It can only be transmitted by mosquitoes. It is a specific parasite that only affects dogs and cats and ferrets and other mammals. In rare cases, heartworms have infected people, but do not complete their life cycle. Dirofilariosis will migrate to the lung and cause a round lesion that looks like a tumor. Humans contacted the infection through mosquito bite that is carrying the parasite, having acquired it from an infected dog.
Symptoms in Cat
Cough dry and soft. When the parasites reach the lungs, it begins to increase in the lungs and surrounding veins.
Idleness or weariness.
Weight loss or anorexia.
Fast or difficult breathing
Allergic reaction.
Collapse
Medications and treatment.
The treatment for heartworm infection last for more than 60 days to complete and consists of a series of vaccinations of drugs that kill the worms. … Your dog or cat should be reexamined after the treatment and six months later to guarantee that all larvae, microfilariae and adult worms are dead.
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