The incubation period of rabies is 10-20 years?
Professor Ding refuted the rumor:
The incubation period of human rabies cases ranges from 5 days to several years, and the incubation period of the vast majority of human rabies cases is 2 to 3 months. The incubation period of 2% ~ 3% of human rabies cases is more than 1 year, and the recorded special cases are 8 years.
A large number of statistical data show that the incubation period of human rabies cases is generally 1 to 3 months, the closer the bite site is to the central nervous system, the shorter the incubation period, and more than one year is extremely rare. The Third Report of the who Expert Consultation
on Rabies continues to recommend the "10-day observation method", that is, after exposure to domestic dogs, cats and ferrets, the injured animals are under close medical observation, and if the animals are still healthy after 10 days, it proves that the injured animals are not at risk of rabies.
Does the cat get a tumor at the vaccination site?
Professor Ding answers:
1. After some pets are vaccinated, there will be a small bag in the vaccination place. This is a relatively common adverse reaction of the vaccine. When the vaccine stimulates the body as an antigen, the immune system of the body will recognize foreign objects and attack the vaccine, resulting in some inflammatory reactions and scar tissue. Usually this packet is hard, painful, and has a certain free nature, ranging in size from peas to eggs.
2. The size of this bulge may not change for several years, or it may gradually decrease and disappear in a few days or weeks. If the pet's mental appetite is normal, the body is healthy, and the bulge is not changing or getting smaller, there is no need to worry too much. Observe the pet and don't let it scratch here.
3. If the bulge is getting bigger and bigger, or the pet is not feeling well, it is necessary to go to the pet hospital in time for examination. In addition to the adverse reaction of the vaccine, the growing bulge may also be a tumor caused by chronic inflammatory reaction at the injection site (such as feline vaccine-related sarcoma, which mainly occurs in cats and dogs). If this is the cause, it is recommended to go to the pet hospital regularly to check the skin condition of the pet and consult a doctor in time.
Is it true that it is better for dogs and cats to have one birth after sterilization?
Professor Ding's answer:
No. It is generally recommended that dogs and cats be sterilized or castrated at the age of 6 to 9 months, that is, before the first estrus. Because of the first pre-estrus sterilization, the incidence of breast tumors is 0.5%, the second pre-estrus sterilization, the incidence of breast tumors is 8%, and the third pre-estrus sterilization, the incidence is as high as 26%.
Pet hair is too long, is it cooler to shave in summer?
Professor
Ding answers:
Pet hair has the effect that insulates heat, summer shaves hair, do not have hair to block heat, can make pet hotter instead. Moreover, shaving the whole body will cause some stress and psychological pressure on pets, and severe stress will affect the health of pets. So try not to shave, just trim your hair regularly.
If dogs and cats eat too much salt, there will be tears in their eyes?
Professor
Ding's answer:
1. Too salty diet for dogs and cats is only one of the causes of tear stains. The main causes involved in the formation of tear stains are nasolacrimal duct obstruction, eye inflammation, keratopathy, abnormal eyelashes (inverted eyelashes, double eyelashes, ectopic eyelashes), etc.
2. If tear stains are caused by these reasons, it is not enough to reduce the salt content of the diet. For example, tear stains caused by nasolacrimal duct obstruction need to be dredged; tear stains caused by abnormal eyelashes need to be trimmed regularly or corrected by surgery; tear stains caused by eye inflammation and corneal lesions need to be bacteriostatic and anti-inflammatory to improve the eye environment.
3. For daily care, it is recommended to use professional tear-removing health care products recommended by veterinarians, such as Yanweile, which can inhibit eye inflammation and relieve tear stains from the root. It can also play a role in preventing eye diseases without tear stains.
Do cats with folded ears need to eat bone health care products from childhood because of genetic problems?
Doctor
Qu Yanyan answers:
2. As far as the current research is concerned, all the cats with folded ears will morbidity, but the degree of morbidity and the time of morbidity are different. Chondroitin can improve the symptoms of some cats with folded ears after morbidity.
3. The use of bone health products from childhood may also have a certain degree of effect, which has not yet been verified by research.
4. Cats can be photographed every year to check for bone problems, early detection and early intervention.
5. At present, there is no effective treatment plan to cure the disease, which can only be said to relieve pain and control arthritis through drugs.
