do dogs/cats get sexually transmitted diseases?

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i saw an ad on tv tonight that said 25% of american adults have herpes. wow.

i know we all *you know* like bunnies (wait, add bunnies to the title!) but it seems to me animals have at it at a far greater pace than humans. yet i have never heard of a puppy with chlamydia, or a kitty with the clap.

any vets here? does this happen but we just don't talk about it?

or if not, why not?

just wondering on a thursday night...

[LeftyFingerPop]

1. Yes....

Meowpes and Wooforrhea are very common.

[Connonym]

2. you're baaaaaaahd

[BrotherBuzz]

3. Birds do. They can transmit Chirpies

It's a canarial disease, and is totally untweetable.








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4. ha! ok, i concede. you can lock this thread now...

:rofl:

[QueenOfCalifornia]

5. Yep,

I had a terrier with Jock Itch... He almost went nuts until he found a female Jack Russell terrier
Now he has Jack itch.

:eyes:

[dropkickpa]

6. Brucellosis

Which can be deadly to humans is present in several herbivorous animals (elk, cows, etc) and most mammals are susceptible including humans. Koalas and cats can get chlamydia. Tritrichomonis in swine, cows, etc. Monkeys get a version of herpes (which is deadly to humans, and ours to them). Horses carry many. Dogs get canine transmissible venereal tumours and also canine herpes.

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7. wow. thank you. so this is truly an unspoken thing. i had no idea. n/t.

[galledgoblin]

8. the vet offered to test my cat for feline AIDS

I don't know if it's transmitted the same way, but I assume it is.

[SoDesuKa]

10. Feline AIDS Comes From Fights

I went to the Wyeth website, here's what it says:

Q: What is feline AIDS?

A: Feline AIDS is caused by infection with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV). FIV causes a potentially fatal viral disease that interferes with the immune system of a cat. The virus lives in the blood of the infected cat and is carried in their system throughout their life. Infected cats may expose healthy cats with which they come in contact, most often by biting. Cats infected with FIV may remain healthy for up to six years.

http://www.wyethah.ca/feline.asp?pageid=f5faq

[kedrys]

12. I have an FIV-positive cat

He's at least 11, possibly 13, and the vet told us years ago (more than 6!) that it probably wouldn't be what would end him. He has no teeth, so he can't bite the other cats and pass on the disease.

[Maraya1969]

9. What do you mean "bunnies"?

[CreekDog]

11. i don't get the assumption that because 1/4 of people have them, so do their pets

what are you folks doing with your pets??? :rant: :banghead: :wow: