Alternative Therapies and Vaccination in Cats
What You Should Know This Before Adopting Any Pet
Over the past several decades, some veterinarians and pet owners have embraced non conventional approaches to preventive care and treatment for animals. Variously classified as alternative, complementary, or holistic medicine, these alternative approaches all seek not only to relieve symptoms of disease, but also to identify, and if possible, eliminate the source of the problem.
They hold in common the belief that physical and emotional factors together affect an animal’s health. Some practitioners of alternative approaches to pet health care are formally trained in veterinary medicine and related fields, including chiropractic, acupuncture, homeopathy, herbal therapy, and nutrition.
Others, however, have no training in the science or animal health and could harm your cat either directly or by delaying effective treatment. In addition, although some treatments are effective for some animals, the claims made for others have never been verified through scientific research.
So, what is the bottom line about alternative veterinary care? Be cautious. Veterinary medicine has come a long way over the past several decades, and that is good news for your cat and for you.
Better prevention, treatment, and pain control can all work together to help your cat’s senior years be healthier, happier and more plentiful. All cats should be vaccinated for the following core vaccinations.
Feline Panleukopenia or feline distemper is a widespread, potentially fatal viral disease. Most cats will be exposed to it at some time in their lives. Elderly cats that contract distemper often die.
Feline calicivirus is a viral disease that affects the upper respiratory system. It accounts for nearly half the upper respiratory infections in cats. Once a cat becomes infected, treatment has limited effect, and she may continue to carry the virus and suffer runny eyes and sneezing all her life.
Feline Rhinotracheitis is a widespread viral disease that causes severe upper respiratory infection, which can kill an elderly cat. Vaccination will not prevent the disease, but it will reduce the severity of its symptoms.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, in the new millennium, the number of cases of rabies in cats has increased, while cases in all other domestic animals have decreased. Cats account for more than twice as many cases of rabies as do dogs or cattle.
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