Sanitary and Disease Prevention of Cats As any living beings, cats are not free from diseases. However, the minimum you can do is to vaccinate your animal against the most infections and dangerous diseases.Protection for people and animals: As soon as he arrives home, take him to the veterinary, any cat, being domestic or of breed. Only he may judge with exactitude the state of health of the animal, inspect if he has parasites and advice you about the vaccines. The vaccines offer the best protection against the most dangerous and infectious diseases as, for example, the epizootia or cold. However, vaccines offer guarantees if you follow a predetermined calendar. The vermifuge treatments avoid the eventual presence of parasites in the stomach as, for example, acaroids or tapeworm. As this parasites can also attack men, kittens are receiving a prophylactic treatment. Vermifuge treatments: At the two of being born, cats receive the first treatment of vermifuge. It has to be applied weekly during their first 12 weeks. From the thirteenth week on, cats must receive the treatment every three months, approximately. Cats who have recently given to birth must be treated with vermifuge two weeks later from the act and, after, each 14 days until the weaning of the whelps. On serious cases, you have to submit as soon as possible, the cat to a vermifuge treatment and repeat after two ok three weeks. |