In dogs and cats, fever is normally connected to the presence of diseases by bacterial or viral origin and it is never seasonal.

Fever is not only the expression of an inflammatory process but can also be present in neoplasms and autoimmune diseases, hence when the body reacts and no longer recognizing itself .

The possible causes are mainly divided into three branches: infectious causes, immunomodulated causes and neoplastic (tumor) causes.

If the dog is affected by fever and there are fleas or ticks on the animal, the primary advice is to go immediately to the veterinarian, in order not to risk contagions related to the presence of parasites that can pass from animals to humans.

So, what is the right ideal temperature, for example for dogs?

It ranges from 38.1 ° C to 38.9 ° C. The basal temperature of dogs is in fact higher than ours. Sometimes even a temperature of 37.8 ° C can be normal in dogs, as often happens among human beings, with cases of people having lower than normal basal temperatures.

In response to this, it is of fundamental importance an immediate verification of the animal’s temperature, especially when some possible symptoms appear.

I.P.S. (International Products & Services), for over forty years a reference in the production of innovative and medical liquid crystal devices for body temperature check, has created PET FEVERTEST CARD: a practical card to check whether the animal has a fever. This product is 100% Made in Italy and commercialized worldwide.

PET FEVERTEST CARD, in its practical pocket format, can be used directly in contact with the animal’s body, revealing the temperature in a few seconds thanks to the appropriate liquid crystal thermometer applied. Only with a simple caress to the animal, thanks to the PET FEVERTEST CARD, it is possible to immediately check its temperature and take the necessary precautions in case of fever to safeguard its health.