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If your pet has any of these symptoms,
bring it in IMMEDIATELY
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Symptom:
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With:
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Inability to Breathe
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Noisy respiration, blue tongue, gasping
for breath
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Bleeding That Won't Stop
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From any part of the body. Apply
pressure and come now!
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Inability to Urinate or Appears
Constipated
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But continues to try.
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Inability to Deliver Puppies or kittens
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Keeps trying or has stopped trying
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Pain
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Severe. Continuous with no relief
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Vomiting, Diarrhea
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Continuous or with the Appearance of
Blood
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Loss of Balance or Consciousness
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Includes tremors, coma, staggering,
blindness, fainting
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Itching
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Continuous scratching, biting,
self-mutilation
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Penetrating Wounds
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Any place, but especially chest or
abdomen
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Poisoning
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Bring the container or commercial name
and chemical name
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Injury
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Continuous pain and/or total lameness
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Hit by car
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Bloat
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Any other sign that looks serious!
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If your pet has any of these symptoms, bring
it in TODAY
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Symptom
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With
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Difficult Breathing
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With
or Without Cough. Eats and Drinks. Not
Frantic
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Vomiting / Diarrhea
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Without Blood; No Pain; No Unusual Contents
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Sudden Lameness
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No
apparent cause
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Swallowed Object
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Even
if you THINK pet swallowed it.
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Severe Itching
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With
possible self-mutilation
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Strange Odor
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Usually disagreeable, from any part of the
body
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Burns
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Heat, Chemicals. Go Immediately if Extensive
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Injuries
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Not
severe emergency but will worsen with delay-
lacerations
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If your pet has any of
these symptoms, it is safe to wait OVERNIGHT
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Symptom
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With
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Vomiting / Diarrhea
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No
blood, no foreign material, no pain, not
continuous
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Itching
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Mild
to moderate; no skin damage; not continuous,
no bleeding
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Lameness
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Little or no pain; no discomfort in walking;
not continuous
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Thirst / Urination
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Excessive drinking and/or elimination of
urine with no blood, no pain, no straining
or discomfort, or bloody appearance to the
urine
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Loss
of Appetite
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Skipped one main meal, but no other signs of
illness
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Most
Skin Problems
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