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COVID-19 & Your Pet – What You Need to Know!

06-03-20 by CriticalCareDVM

If you’ve remotely paid attention to the news recently, you’ve undoubtedly heard or read about COVID-19, a novel coronavirus infection. This is a serious and potentially lethal disease. CriticalCareDVM.com is dedicated to providing pet owners with comprehensive, up-to-date, and unfiltered details about various pet health conditions. To that goal, this week I’m sharing information about … [Read more…]

Posted in: Diseases, General Information Tagged: cats, CDC, coronavirus, cough, COVID, COVID-19, dogs, fever, Hong Kong, nasal discharge, OIE, respiratory, WHO

Lungworm Infection in Cats – A Cause of Coughing

02-03-19 by CriticalCareDVM
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In previous posts I’ve written about various causes of coughing in cats, particularly asthma. This week I wanted to share information about an under-appreciated cause of coughing – lungworm infection. Please share this with other cat owners to increase knowledge of this disease. Happy reading! Lungworm Infection – What is it? Several genera of parasites … [Read more…]

Posted in: Diseases Tagged: aerulostrongylus abstrusus, baermann, cough, coughing, dyspnea, fenbendazole, lungworm, paragonimus kellicoti, PCR, polymerase chain reaction, radiographs, x-ray

Blastomycosis – A Potentially Lethal Fungal Infection in Our Pets

23-04-18 by CriticalCareDVM

When most folks think of infection, they think of bacteria. Yet not all infections are caused by bacteria. Many infections are caused by other infectious organisms, including fungi. If you live in certain parts of the United States, fungal infections are actually quite common. One of the more common fungal infections is called blastomycosis. This … [Read more…]

Posted in: Diseases Tagged: amphotericin B, anti-fungal, antibody, antigen, blastomyces, blastomycosis, chest, conidia, cough, depression, dermatitidis, draining, eye, fluconazole, itraconazole, lameness, lymph, mycelia, nasal, nose, ocular, skin, sonography, spore, weight loss, x-ray, yeast

Asthma in Cats – A Complex Breathing Problem

25-04-16 by CriticalCareDVM

We all know people can develop asthma. We also all know an asthma attack can be life-threatening without appropriate medical intervention. What you may not know is our capricious cat friends can also develop this airway disease. This week I share some insight into this important feline malady with a sincere hope of increasing awareness … [Read more…]

Posted in: Diseases Tagged: Aerokat, Albuterol, asthma, bronchi, bronchioles, bronchoconstriction, bronchodilator, corticosteroid, cough, expiratory grunt, Flovent, fluticasone propionate, inhaler, mucus, Siamese, wheeze

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