health and husbandry

• why animals are more prone to getting diseases

  dirty conditions, not checked regularly, poor nutrition, dirty water and injury
• indirect contact

  spread through bedding, boots and fences etc
• air bone

  through the air eg coughing and sneezing
• ingestion

  contaminated food/water
• canine distemper

  attacks the gut, lungs and nervous system. virus in the tonsils and lymph nodes usually occurs at 3-6 months
• Canine parvovirus

  aggressive disease that attacks the immune system and cells living in the intestines which causes vomiting and diarrhoea
• infectious canine hepatitis

  rapidly attacks the livers, lungs, kidneys and eyes. many fatal but some dogs can recover
• canine parainfluenza virus

  highly infectious upper repirtory upper respiratory tract infection which causes a dry hacking cough
• leptospirosis

  from the unrine in affected rats or dogs in watercourses can cause longterm damage to kidneys
• kitten vaccines

  first vaccination at 9 weeks old then second at 12 weeks, then yearly
• rabbit vaccines

  first vaccination at 10-12 weeks old then once every year
• horse vaccines

  5 weeks between the 1st and 2nd vaccine then 6 months between 2nd and 3rd. then yearly
• tetanus for horses

  1st given over 5 months old then 2nd 1-3 months later