There is some evidence experimentally that when you infect cats, they can transmit it to other cats, said Dr. Jane Sykes, professor of medicine and epidemiology at the UC Davis Veterinary Hospital.
The fact that hedgehogs are a risk is not new, said Jane Sykes, a professor of small animal internal medicine at the University of California, Davis. But we dont know how common the shedding of salmonella is among hedgehogs specifically.
Date: Jan 27, 2019
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Dog that lost snout saving girls arrives in California
At UC Davis, veterinarians discovered Kabang also suffers from heartworm disease and a potentially aggressive tumor, which must be addressed first. Treatment of those conditions could take up to six months, according to Dr. Jane Sykes, director of the institution's small-animal clinic.
"Fortunately for Kabang, her disease is not very advanced," said Dr. Jane Sykes, an infectious disease specialist in the university's small animal clinic. "She has a good prognosis," Sykes said, but veterinarians will have to treat these ailments before the dog can be subjected to surgery.