The following symptoms and complaints may indicate an animal bite:
Pathognomonic (evidencing a disease).
- Bite wound (ragged wound edges, if any; bruised tissue, hematoma/bruising).
- Dog: laceration-crush wound
- Cat: deep, puncture wounds
- Horse: contusion wound
- Snake: two puncture wounds the size of a needle head
Main symptoms
- Bleeding
- Pain
Secondary symptoms
Further notes
- Signs of infection usually appear after 6 to 8 (-24) hours. Typical signs of infection are redness (lat. rubor), swelling (lat. tumor), hyperthermia (lat. calor) and pain (lat. dolor) in the area of the bite wound.
