Cat & Dog Vaccinations in Orlando, FL

Rabies

Rabies is a required vaccination for both dogs and cats, as this disease is fatal. The rabies virus is passed along through saliva from an infected animal entering the body through broken skin, eyes, nose, and mouth. It then travels to the brain. Symptoms include lethargy, fever, vomiting, and foaming at the mouth, to name a few.

Canine hepatitis

Infectious canine hepatitis is a liver infection that is caused by Canine mastadenovirus A that’s contracted through the mouth or nose from feces, urine, blood, saliva, and nasal discharge of infected dogs. Symptoms of this recoverable infection include depression, fever, loss of appetite, coughing and a tender tummy.

Canine distemper

This highly contagious and airborne disease is caused by a virus that attacks a dog’s gastrointestinal, respiratory, and and nervous system. Symptoms of distemper include eye discharge, coughing, reduced appetite, coughing and vomiting. There is no cure for distemper and it’s often fatal – those dogs who survive often suffer from life-long nerve damage.

Canine parvovirus

Commonly known as Parvo, canine parvovirus which affects the gastrointestinal tract and is spread though contaminated feces, people, and environments. Symptoms include loss of appetite, lethargy, hypothermia, bloating, fever, vomiting and diarrhea. This mostly survivable virus has no treatments specifically for the virus, however, treating the dehydration caused by vomiting and diarrhea does help.

Canine parainfluenza

This is a highly-contagious respiratory virus that causes kennel cough, and tends to develop in environments where lots of dogs are in close proximity to each other, like a dog park. Symptoms of canine parainfluenza include a dry cough, fever, sneezing, irritated eyes, runny nose, depression, loss of appetite, and lethargy.

Canine influenza

We recommend that dog owners bring in their pets to be vaccinated for much-needed protection against the canine influenza virus (CIV). This virus has two primary strains, H3N2 and H3N8, and we can vaccinate pets for both. Canine flu symptoms include persistent coughing, nasal and ocular discharge, sneezing, lethargy, and fever. If your pet goes to daycare, boarding, grooming appointments or spends time at the dog park, they should receive this vaccine.

Feline calicivirus

Calicivirus is highly contagious and causes upper respiratory infections and oral issues in cats. It’s passed by direct contact with an infected cat or anything that was contaminated with the virus. Symptoms include sneezing, discharge of the nose and eyes, excessive drooling, lethargy, fever, and loss of appetite. Most cats do recover from this, but complicated strains are potential to be fatal to them. Treatment includes antibiotics, topical treatment, injections, and sometimes hospitalization.

Feline panleukopenia

Commonly known as feline distemper or feline Parvo, panleukopenia is a very contagious disease that infects and kills cells that are growing and dividing in the body. This is most commonly seen in kittens and survival rate is low, but the survival rate increases in older cats. It’s caused from the transfer of urine, stool and nasal secretions, also from fleas, from an infected cat and passed from cat to cat or from anything contaminated with the virus. Symptoms include depression, loss of appetite, lethargy, fever, vomiting, and diarrhea, to name a few.

Feline rhinotracheitis

Also known as herpesvirus infection, feline rhinotracheitis is caused by the feline herpesvirus type-1, and is a major cause of upper respiratory infections and conjunctivitis. Symptoms of this highly contagious virus include sneezing, excessive blinking and squinting, and eyes and nose discharge. Treatment includes topical eye medications, antibiotics, humidification, and hospitalization may be needed for more severe cases.