Black Toxic Mold Deadly to Animals, Study Says

According to the American Veterinary Medical Association news release, a new report that was published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association shows that toxic mold can be a hazard to your pets health.

The report came after a veterinary specialist, Douglas Mader in Marathon, Florida, had been performing a dental procedure on two cats. While performing the procedure the dentist noticed that there had been frothy blood in the tubes that were used to supply the anesthesia to the animals. When the vet noticed this, he immediately stopped the procedure he was performing. Both animals however died, one the next day and the other around two weeks later. After the cats had been deceased, blood was collected and tested. When the tests came back, the test showed levels of the toxin produced by Stachybotrys chartarum, which is also known as "toxic black mold". When exposed to the mold, it can cause respiratory problems, pulmonary hemorrhage and death in people. The symptoms have never been associated with animals until now.

The two cats that died were healthy, indoor cats. Before they received the dental procedure, both cats were tested and showed no signs of any illness. It is known that both of the cats had lived in homes that had received water damage from a hurricane back in 2005. Once Mader found out that the test came back with the results of the toxin in them, he urged the owners of the animals to check their house for mold. According to Mader the two both had severe mold contamination in their walls. This then lead to the weakening of the animals capillaries in the lungs which then burst and then bled. Both of the animals died from complication which came from a pulmonary hemorrhage.

Mader hopes that with these findings that animal owners who have been affected by flood waters, hurricanes or anything else that will cause mold to grow inside the area where the animals are more aware of the dangers that black mold can cause. Mader is urging anyone with these circumstances to check their homes for any signs of mold and have it removed and taken care of immediately. Toxic mold affects people more so than animals and the symptoms can range from asthma, headaches, dizziness, fatigue, sore throat, bleeding in the lungs, and many more. To learn about the affects of toxic black mold and how you can get rid of it from your home, please visit "What is Toxic Mold Anyway".

The American Veterinary Medical Association has more than 75,000 veterinarians that are dedicated to advancing the science of animal, human and public health. To learn more about the AVMA, please visit their website at http://www.avma.org/

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