Across
- 3. Cause: Demodex Cati Symptoms: Patchy Hair loss, reddening, crusting. Prevention : Don’t allow cats to eat rats/mice. Treatment: Pesticides
- 7. This is when the eye ball sinks back into the eye socket.
- 9. Cause: Dipylidium Caninum spread through fleas. Symptoms: Poor weight gain..Prevention: Eliminate Fleas, De-worming Drugs, avoid eating rats/mice. Treatment: De-worming Drugs
- 10. This is caused by parvovirus, primarily affecting younger cats and includes symptoms of high fever, loss of appetite, & depression.
- 11. This is a viral infection with symptoms including frothing at the mouth and acting strangely. This is the most important vaccine.
- 12. This involves hair loss, reddening & crusting of skin and is caused by notoedres cati.
Down
- 1. This disease is caused by an RNA virus and can be prevented by having a single cat household.
- 2. This involves excessive tear production and the treatment is to unblock the nasal cavity canals.
- 4. This is poisonous to cats, commonly found in households to kill rats. Cat's will not usually eat this directly instead they will ingest a mouse that has also ingested this.
- 5. Cause: When larvae penetrate the skin or are ingested. Symptoms: heavy infestation can lead to anemia, depression. Treatment: De-worming Drugs Prevention: Deworming Drugs
- 6. This is a severe respiratory infection caused by a herpes virus with symptoms of depression, sneezing, & coughing
- 8. This disease is caused by an infection with toxoplasma gondii and includes symptoms of jaundice, difficulty breathing, & fever.
- 10. This is caused by improper diet and involves inflammation of the urinary tract, uremic poisoning, & stones.