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| transmitted by direct or indirect contact with nasal and ocular discharge, highly contagious and deadly, can cause seizures and enamel problems |
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| causes hepatitis, transmitted through infected urine, saliva, and feces; early symptoms are similar to distemper; this virus is associated with kennel cough |
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| causes severe, watery, bloody diarrhea; highly contagious and deadly; bleach is most effective against |
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| mildly and usually self-limiting respiratory tract infection in dogs that is transmitted by nasal secretions |
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| bacterial disease transmitted through infected urine from rodents and other small animals; may cause permanent kidney and liver damage; causes icterus and uremia |
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| most similar to parvovirus but not as deadly; spread through feces |
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| very deadly viral disease transmitted through saliva; attacks the central nervous system; has 3 phases where the host randomly attacks objects and then becomes paralyzed before death |
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| Infectious tracheobronchitis |
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| aka kennel cough; usually caused by the Bordetella bacterium and the adenovirus together; harsh, dry, sometimes honking cough; vaccine can be given subcutaneous or intranasal |
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| transmitted by ticks; causes flu-like symptoms and a bullseye like rash at site of tickbite; causes muscle and joint pain; vaccinate at risk dogs in rural areas or sporting dogs used for hunting in wooded areas |
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| feline viral rhinotracheitis |
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| highly contagious respiratory disease of cats that causes sneezing, nasal discharge, and conjunctivitis; caused by the herpesvirus |
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| respiratory infection similar to FVR and sometimes occurring at same time; this disease may cause ulcers in the mouth and tongue |
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| aka feline distemper; among the most widespread and contagious of feline diseases; fever, anorexia, V&D, and moderate to high death rate; transmitted through feces |
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| abbreviated FeLV; causes varying degrees of disease up to death; causes cancer, immunodeficiency, and anemia; usually shed through grooming or fighting |
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| caused by the chlamydia bacteria; similar to FVR in symptoms; causes persistent upper respiratory and conjunctival irritation |
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| feline immunodeficiency virus |
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| abbreviated FIV; very similar to human HIV, transmitted through fighting; new vaccine available; infected cats are very susceptible to normal bacterial flora in environment |
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| feline infectious peritonitis |
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| abbrev FIP; accumulation of thick fluid within the peritoneal cavity; causes fever, lethargy, vomiting, and eventually death |
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