Disease in Cats

1. Rabies. This is the most serious, except in Australia and England because in both countries as well as control of vaccinated cats are strictly organized and orderly. Latest news, 5 of 10 homes in the UK to maintain at least one cat. My cat had a one-time anti-rabies vaccinated, funny cats pushed another neighbor had to use a cage while the cat just brought my mother to follow my own path.

2. Toxoplasmosis. The myth that we often hear is a pregnant woman should not go near the cat because his fur is harmful to the womb. Toxoplasmosis that infect the womb is called congenital toxoplasmosis, can cause infections in babies not yet born. Transmission can be through breathing, but the cooked food because of undercooked contaminated cat feces, or not washing hands before handling food.

3. Ringworm or Tinea. A skin disease that can be transmitted through touch and cat fur that can function as carriers or carrier. Risks to this fungus resulted in washing hands after handling a cat as a necessity.

4. Flea or tick. Cat flea, or Ctenocephalides felis could just bite the skin although it does not infect anything, but it can occur that cause the tick bite wound. Cat powder sold enough as a precaution, but certainly as one way of maintaining a good cat.

5. Bites and scratches. Cat saliva can contain bacteria harmful to our bodies, so cakarannya. Antiseptic should be sufficient, and rarely bite or scratch causes fever, if there is fever, call your doctor immediately, hopefully not a symptom of rabies.