Not exact matches
The infection is highly contagious and may be
contracted through air or direct contact
with an
infected dog or saliva.
A healthy but unvaccinated
dog can
contract distemper without ever coming in physical contact
with an
infected animal.
Dogs can
contract the virus from having oral contact
with contaminated feces, but the virus can contaminate anything that touches the
infected feces, such as the
dog's paws.
Cats always
contract this disease as a result of close contact
with an
infected cat or
dog.
Dogs and cats
contract coccidia by ingesting soil or grass contaminated
with eggs or ingesting small animals, like mice,
infected with the parasites.
In particular, non-immunized
dogs that have contact
with an
infected animal or its environment (e.g. bedding, bowls, toys) are at great risk of
contracting the disease.
Most
dogs become immune to coccidiosis
with age, and giardiasis is normally
contracted by ingesting
infected food or water.
Ringworm can
infect cats,
dogs and humans and you can therefore
contract it from your
dog or from items which have been in contact
with your
dog.
The parasites are
contracted when a
dog eats a snail or slug which has picked up the larvae from
infected dog poop, either intentionally or unintentionally, any contact
with the s lime trail either from bowls or toys kept outside can also cause infection.
This means that if you have two
dogs your home, one of which is
infected with kennel cough, the other
dog can
contract the illness when he takes a drink from their shared water bowl.
All it takes is one interaction
with an
infected dog, or infected surface, for your pet to contract Dog F
dog, or
infected surface, for your pet to
contract Dog F
Dog Flu.
Non-immunized
dogs that come in contact
with an
infected animal carry a high risk of
contracting distemper, as do puppies born to an
infected mother, and young
dogs under extreme stress or who are immunocompromised.
All too often, puppies do not receive the last of their booster shots because the owners of new puppies, who are so filled
with the joy of having a healthy, happy, well socialized puppy, innocently do not realize that they must protect their puppies from being exposed to the dreaded Parvo virus that is often
contracted from sniffing the feces of other
infected dogs in such places as public parks.
Most
infected dogs show no clinical signs, and the majority of
dogs contracting Lyme disease respond to treatment
with antimicrobials.
It is a very resilient virus and can be
contracted through coughing, sneezing or contact
with an
infected dog's saliva, urine or stool.
All it takes is the bite of one mosquito
infected with the heartworm larvae and your
dog can
contract HWs.