Pet Corner

Ringworm ‘Ringworm’ has nothing to do with a worm. It is a fungus disease.

Feline ‘Flu’ Continued Last week, we dealt with the situation whereby feline respiratory distress comes on rapidly and with great severity (acute form).

Continued We said last week that, in addition to a few other infectious agents, two virus groups are primarily involved in this Respi-ratory Disease Complex that affects cats.

Feline Viral Respiratory Disease Complex  aka Feline Influenza General comments Ailments associated with the respiratory tract are pretty common – and understandably so.

Feline ‘Distemper’ This is a viral infection of cats. It has many names.

Leptospirosis – infectious jaundice Over the years I have spoken and written so much about this disease that at one time my friends used to call me Dr Lepto.

Kennel cough Or, if you wish to get technical – Acute Infectious Tracheobronchitis.

Infectious canine hepatitis Infectious canine hepatitis (ICH) is a highly contagious viral disease, which, as the name suggests, attacks predominantly dogs, although the virus is known to cause illness in foxes, wolves and coyotes.

Distemper Here is another disease against which we can vaccinate, thus offering our dogs meaningful protection.

Canine Parvovirus (CPV) Continued   Last week, we began with the big theme of specific infectious diseases against which we can vaccinate.

Specific infectious diseases Now that we have, over the past few weeks, discussed the basic principles of immunity and vaccination schedules, we can now turn to the many specific infectious diseases, including those against which we advocate vaccination.

The gems that make it good to be aliveThe bulb is a development in plants which is designed to assist them survive long periods of dormancy.

Canine vaccines Much of what was said last week in the general discussion of feline vaccines would be valid for dog vaccines as well.

Feline vaccines Well, I had promised that we would deal with the specific diseases today, but there was a change of mind.

Vaccines Well, now that we have, I hope, grasped the concept of immunity, let us have some superficial discussions on vaccines.

Artificially acquired immunity – (Continued)Passive immunity You may recall that last week we spoke of active immunity which was produced by inoculating an animal with dead or weakened germs.

Artificially acquired immunity Artificially acquired immunity is of two types. Either it is an active immunity or it is a passive immunity.