Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2023)

Author(s):
Arjun K Kasondra, Nirav H Joshi and Santul S Patel

Abstract:
Dogs give you unconditional love for life. Owing a dog is a wonderful experience, but it also comes with the responsibility of keeping our companions healthy and free of any diseases. Despite our best knowledge and efforts, dogs are vulnerable to variety of illness. From just a common cold to the life-threatening conditions such as malignant tumour. In this modern era, climatic conditions has been changing very rapidly and that is favorable for many organisms to multiply and spread rapidly. In addition to that, one major problem is antimicrobial resistance in developing countries, today due to indiscriminate use of antibiotics many organisms’ resist them and continue to grow. It is very challenging for veterinarians to decide effective treatment against infectious diseases of canines without creating more antibiotic resistance. Another major concern today is spreading of zoonotic diseases. To prevent the occurrence of the diseases, prevention and control measurements must require knowing by pet owners. They must aware of all the zoonotic diseases that can be life threatening to their pets. Therefore, this article aims to summarize strategies to prevention and control the dog and cat diseases.