Ringworm in multi-cat households requires systematic management to prevent spread between animals and protect human health.
Cats undergoing ringworm treatment face the discomfort of topical treatments, stress of isolation, and welfare impacts of the skin lesions themselves. Multi-cat households where ringworm spreads uncontrolled cause cumulative suffering across multiple animals and risk human health. Systematic household-level management limits the number of cats affected and the duration of each cat's illness.