✓ Diarrhea Loose or watery stools, more frequent than normal. Can lead to rapid dehydration, especi... ✓ Vomiting Active rejection of stomach contents. Occasional or repeated, they can have numerous dig... ✓ Loss of appetite The animal eats less or refuses to eat. Prolonged fasting is a concern, especially in ca... ✓ Fatigue Decrease in energy and activity: the animal plays less, sleeps more, moves less willingl... ✓ Weight loss Visible or measurable weight loss, with a preserved appetite or not. ✓ Dehydration Skin that remains wrinkled, sunken eyes, dry mucous membranes: the animal has lost too m... ✓ Drinks a lot Marked increase in drinking (polydipsia), often associated with more abundant urine. ✓ Edema Soft, painless swelling caused by accumulation of fluid under the skin, often under the... ✓ Fever Elevation of body temperature above normal values ​​for the species. Common sign of infe... ✓ Heat intolerance The animal does not tolerate hot hours well, seeks shade and tiles, and pants for a long... ✓ Increased appetite The animal demands more, eats faster or searches for food constantly. ✓ Jaundice Yellow discoloration of the mucous membranes, skin or white of the eye, indicating liver... ✓ Noisy breathing or snoring Breathing can be heard at a distance: whistling, snoring, throat noise, even when restin... ✓ Pain Manifestations vary depending on the species: complaints, aggressiveness, abnormal posit... ✓ Pale mucous membranes Discolored gums and mucous membranes, a sign of anemia or poor blood circulation. ✓ Reduction State of marked prostration: the animal remains lying down, responds little to requests... ✓ Shortness of breath on exertion The animal tires quickly while walking or playing, stops, takes a long breath before lea... ✓ Stunted growth The young animal grows more slowly than its peers of the same age despite a correct diet... ✓ Swelling Localized increase in volume (abdomen, limb, face, lymph nodes) with sudden or gradual o... ✓ Swollen lymph nodes Increase in volume of one or more palpable lymph nodes, particularly under the jaw or in... ✓ Weight gain The weight gradually increases, the waist fades, the ribs no longer feel under the hand. ✓ Bloating Visible distension of the abdomen or left flank due to accumulation of gas. In ruminants... ✓ Blood in stools Red blood or black, tarry stools, indicating digestive bleeding. ✓ Constipation Rare, hard or absent stools, sometimes accompanied by unsuccessful efforts. ✓ Difficulty swallowing The animal cranes its neck, spits out food or refuses to swallow. ✓ Gas and flatulence More frequent or more odorous gas emissions than usual. ✓ Hard or painful abdomen The animal stiffens, grunts or shrinks when its belly is touched, which appears tense. ✓ Regurgitation Passive rise of undigested food, without effort of vomiting. ✓ Scooting The animal sits and rubs its hindquarters on the ground while moving forward on its fron... ✓ Soft stools Soft but still formed stools — distinct from diarrhea, where they are watery. ✓ Visible worms in stools Presence of worms, white filaments or small rice-like grains in the stool or around the... ✓ Cough Sudden and sonorous expulsion of air from the respiratory tract. May be dry or greasy, o... ✓ Difficulty breathing Rapid, noisy, or labored breathing. This is a sign of veterinary emergency. ✓ Nosebleed Draining of blood from one or both nostrils (epistaxis). ✓ Rapid breathing Increased respiratory rate at rest, without prior effort or high heat. ✓ Runny nose Clear, thick, or purulent discharge from one or both nostrils. ✓ Sneezing Reflex expulsion of air through the nose, often linked to irritation or infection of the... ✓ Constant licking Repeated and prolonged licking of the same area, sometimes until the hair disappears. ✓ Dandruff or flaking skin White or grayish scales in the coat, dry skin that comes off in thin patches. ✓ Dull coat Dry, pitted, lackluster coat, sometimes with dandruff — common sign of chronic illness o... ✓ Hair loss Localized or diffuse depilated areas, with or without associated skin lesions. ✓ Itching The animal scratches, bites or rubs itself repeatedly. Often linked to external parasite... ✓ Nodules under the skin Firm or soft masses, single or multiple, noticeable under the skin. ✓ Non-healing wound A wound remains open, oozing, or enlarges instead of closing over time. ✓ Scabs and skin lesions Plaques, crusts, pustules, or thickened areas on the skin, with or without itching. ✓ Skin redness The skin is red, hot or irritated, often on the stomach, between the legs or around the... ✓ Thickened or darkened skin The skin becomes rough, cardboardy or darker than elsewhere, often in an area that has b... ✓ Well-defined hairless patches Areas of bare skin with clear contours, round or oval, different from diffuse hair loss. ✓ Bumping into objects The animal bumps into furniture, looks for its bearings, hesitates in a place that it kn... ✓ Closed or half-closed eye The animal keeps one eye closed or squints its eyelids, often avoiding light. ✓ Cloudy or opaque eye The transparency of the eye is lost: the pupil appears whitish, gray or milky instead of... ✓ Discharge from the eyes Watery eyes or clear to purulent discharge from the eyes, in one or both eyes. ✓ Loss of sight The animal hits obstacles, hesitates in a known place or no longer follows eye movements... ✓ Red eyes Redness of the eye or conjunctiva, sometimes accompanied by blinking or rubbing. ✓ Unequal pupil sizes The two pupils do not have the same diameter, or one does not react to light like the ot... ✓ Visible third eyelid A pale membrane rises from the inner corner of the eye and covers part of the globe. ✓ Bad ear odour Unusual and strong odor that comes from the ear when approaching the animal's head. ✓ Ear discharge Presence of abundant earwax, liquid or brown or yellowish material in the ear canal. ✓ Ear scratching Insistent scratching of the ear with the paw, or rubbing of the head against the floor a... ✓ Head shaking The animal shakes its head repeatedly, often to one side, as if to get rid of something. ✓ Swollen ear The pinna of the ear feels swollen, warm, or thickened compared to the other side. ✓ Bad breath Unpleasant and persistent oral odor, most often of dental origin. ✓ Dental tartar Hard, yellow or brown deposit at the base of the teeth, especially visible on the back t... ✓ Difficulty chewing The animal chews on one side, drops its food, or only accepts soft foods. ✓ Excessive salivation Abundant flow of saliva (ptyalism), linked to oral pain, a foreign body, poisoning or di... ✓ Grinding of teeth Bruxism: audible rubbing of the teeth, frequent expression of abdominal pain in ruminant... ✓ Loose or falling teeth One or more teeth are loose, loose, or the animal has recently lost them. ✓ Mouth ulcers Sores, blisters or raw areas on the tongue, gums, inside of the cheeks or muzzle. ✓ Red or bleeding gums The margins of the gums are bright red, swollen, and bleed on contact or during eating. ✓ Abortion Termination of gestation with expulsion of a non-viable fetus. In a herd, several aborti... ✓ Blood in urine Pink, red or brown urine. May arise from the urinary tract or from destruction of red bl... ✓ Dark urine Brown, orange or port-colored urine, to be distinguished from simply concentrated urine. ✓ Difficulty urinating Straining to urinate with little or no urine output. In male cats, a urinary blockage is... ✓ Licking the genital area Insistent and repeated licking of the genital area, apart from usual washing. ✓ Passing small amounts of urine Frequent passages to emit only a few drops, often with visible effort. ✓ Urinating outside the litter box The animal urinates outside of its litter box or its habits, sometimes in small quantiti... ✓ Urine a lot Increased volume or frequency of urine (polyuria). ✓ Difficulty standing up The animal tries several times to stand up, or uses the walls to help it. ✓ Lameness The animal avoids placing a limb or moves abnormally, due to pain or mechanical discomfo... ✓ Lying animal that does not get up Prolonged recumbency: the animal remains on the ground despite stimulation. Serious situ... ✓ Refusing to jump or climb The animal avoids the stairs, the car, the sofa, even though it used to do so without di... ✓ Stiffness Mechanical and stiff gait, especially upon waking or after a period of rest. ✓ Head tilted Head carriage permanently tilted to one side, often associated with damage to the inner... ✓ Paralysis Loss of the ability to mobilize one or more limbs, partial or complete. ✓ Seizures Attacks of involuntary muscle contractions, with or without loss of consciousness. Any c... ✓ Staggering gait Loss of coordination of movements (ataxia): the animal staggers, crosses its limbs or fa... ✓ Tremors Involuntary muscle twitches, generalized or localized, without loss of consciousness. ✓ Behaviour change The animal is no longer itself: more fearful, more clingy, more irritable, for no appare... ✓ Circling Repeatedly moving in a circle, always in the same direction, or walking aimlessly agains... ✓ Hiding or withdrawing The animal moves away, seeks dark or closed places, flees the contact it previously acce... ✓ Restlessness The animal constantly changes position, cannot find rest, gets up and lies down again. ✓ Unusual aggression Sudden change in behavior in a normally calm animal. In an unvaccinated animal, such a c... ✓ Unusual vocalising Meows, barks, moans or bellows different from his own, often at night. ✓ Swollen udder Hot, hard, painful or enlarged area or udder.