It turns out that pets carry many infectious diseases common to humans and animals, including rabies, which many people are particularly afraid of. It turns out that these infectious diseases can be avoided by owners as long as they get vaccinated regularly. The editor has summarized for you some common infectious diseases in pets that are common to humans and animals. Owners must not take them lightly.
Infectious diseases shared by humans and animals can currently be prevented through vaccines and other methods
1. Dog-infected diseases
The main host of rabies virus is wild animals, but the rabies virus transmitted to humans is mainly carried and spread by dogs and cats. It should be noted that even healthy dogs can carry the virus and spread rabies. The duration of rabies in humans varies, ranging from as short as 5 days to as long as 19 years or longer, generally 1-3 months. People with strong virulence of the virus, large amounts of damage, wounds close to the head, or young and frail people have a relatively short dormancy period. Typical symptoms after the onset are "fear, anxiety, insomnia, sensitivity to sound, light, wind and other stimuli and a sense of throat contraction", which is also called "hydrophobia" among the people.
Dogs suffering from rabies will have behavioral changes in the early stages of the disease, such as drooping tails, lack of energy, eating less, and indifference to their owners. About 2 days later, he entered an agitated state, his barking changed, he ran around, he walked straight with his head low and his tail tucked away, he often bit people and other animals suddenly, swallowed foreign objects, did not recognize familiar people, his tongue stuck out, and he drooled a lot, and then started to It developed into numbness of the hind limbs and died of numbness of the respiratory core. It takes about 3-7 days from onset of illness to death.
2. Diseases infected by cats
1. Toxoplasmosis: Cats are prone to parasitic Toxoplasma gondii. After humans are infected, they may have fever, weakness, conjunctivitis, and muscle aches. Symptoms such as joint pain, lymphadenopathy, etc., if a woman becomes ill during pregnancy, it will harm the fetus and cause abnormal development of the baby, such as hydrocephalus, abnormal microcephaly, small eyeballs, impaired consciousness or communication, etc.
2. Cat claw disease: Cats can also cause "cat scratch disease", which occurs when a person is scratched or bitten by a cat or dog. Painless papules will appear around the scratched (bited) area within 1 to 2 weeks. , swollen lymph nodes and local disintegration of pus will occur.
3. You should worry about pneumonia when raising pigeons
There are many fungi on pigeons, such as Cryptococcus neoformans, etc. When people have close contact with pigeons, Cryptococcus neoformans enters the human body through the respiratory tract and causes inflammation in the lungs. Therefore, patients have symptoms such as fever, cough, spitting, chest pain, and asthma.
Doctors call the symptoms of the disease, which begins with coughing and shortness of breath due to contact with pigeons, "pigeon feeder pneumonia." If cryptococcus causes meningitis, it will have more serious consequences.
4. Precautions for keeping pets to prevent diseases
In order to avoid human pets from suffering from diseases, first of all, we must pay attention to good "quality" when purchasing pets. From the appearance, the pet should be in normal spirits, clean around the anus, free of fleas, lice and other surface parasites, and dry skin, free of pustules, eczema, hair loss and other phenomena. To rescue stray animals, you need to help them with internal and external deworming work.
Pets should have regular health check-ups and vaccinations to prevent the occurrence of many infectious diseases. Bath cats, dogs and other pets promptly on a regular basis, disinfect and clean eating utensils and sleeping utensils. Try not to let pets into the dormitory, let alone sleep with them. Once bitten by a cat, dog, or rodent, you should go to a health and epidemic prevention station to get a rabies vaccine within 24 hours. In addition to this, you should also take precautions before they happen and keep your pets vaccinated as scheduled.
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