A–Z of Cat Health and First Aid: A Holistic Veterinary Guide for Owners PDF
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A–Z of Cat Health and First Aid A practical guide for owners Revised and updated Andrew Gardiner, BVM&S, Cert SAS, MSc, PhD, MRCVS Line illustrations by Jay Pressnell Souvenir Press In memory of my mother, Maisie Gardiner No book can replace the services of a trained veterinarian. This book is not intended to encourage treatment of illness, disease, or other medical problems by the layman. Any application of the recommendations set forth in the following pages is solely at the reader’s discretion and risk. You should consult a veterinarian concerning any veterinary medical or surgical problem. If a veterinarian is caring for your pet, for any condition, he or she can advise you about information described in this book. Contents Title Page Dedication Preface Author’s note How to use this book Introduction A Abortion Abscess Accident Aggression Airgun injury Allergy Anal glands Anemia Anxiety/fear Appetite (abnormal) Arthritis Asthma B Bad breath Balance (loss of) Baldness (alopecia) Behaviour problems (general) Bereavement Birth (parturition, kittening) Bites Bleeding (haemorrhage) Blindness Blood blister (haematoma) Blood pressure (low or high) Bone/joint problems Brain damage Breathing problems Bronchitis Bruising Burns C Cancer Canker Castration Cat flu Chlamydia infection Choking Coat contamination Colds Colic Collapse Conjunctivitis Constipation Cough Cystitis D Dandruff Deafness Dehydration Dermatitis Diabetes Diarrhoea Drooling Drowning E Ear problems Eczema Electrocution Enteritis Epilepsy Euthanasia Eye problems (general) F Falls Fear Feline calicivirus Feline enteritis Feline herpes virus Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) Feline infectious anemia (FIA) Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) Feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) Fever/high temperature Fights Fireworks Fits Fleas Food allergy Foreign body Fractures/dislocations Fur ball Fur mite G Gangrene Gastritis Gingivitis/stomatitis Glands Glaucoma Granulomas Grass eating Grazes Grief Grooming (poor) Growths H Haematoma Haematuria Haemobartonella felis Haemorrhage Hair ball Harvest mites Head tilt Heart disease Heatstroke (hyperthermia) Hepatitis Hernia Horner’s syndrome Hyperactivity Hyperthyroidism Hypothermia I Iliac thrombosis Incontinence Incoordination Indigestion Infections (general) Infertility Inflammation Influenza Injury Intussusception Irritability Itching J Jaundice Jealousy K Keratitis Key Gaskell syndrome Kidney disease Kittens’ problems L Labour Lameness/limp Leukaemia Lice Lipoma Liver disease Loneliness Lumps Lung worm Luxation Lymphoma/lymphosarcoma M Mammary (breast) problems Mange mites Miliary eczema Milk sensitivity Miscarriage Moulting Mouth and tooth problems N Nail problems Neoplasia Nephritis Neutering Nose problems Notoedres Nystagmus O Obesity Oedema Oestrus and mating ‘Off colour’ Oil on coat Old age problems Osteomyelitis Overgrooming P
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