The most common early symptoms of primary pulmonary Valley Fever in dogs are:
- coughing
- fever
- weight loss
- lack of appetite
- lack of energy
Additional symptoms develop when the infection spreads outside the lungs and causes
systemic or disseminated disease. This form of Valley Fever is almost always more
serious than when it is only in the lungs. Signs of disseminated Valley Fever can
include:
- lameness or swelling of limbs
- back or neck pain
- seizures and other manifestations of central nervous system swelling
- soft swellings under the skin that resemble abscesses
- swollen lymph nodes
- non-healing skin ulcerations or draining tracts that ooze fluid
- eye inflammation with pain or cloudiness
Cats can manifest the same signs as dogs, but fewer cases occur in cats.