Matenda a meningitis mwa agalu amayamba chifukwa cha matenda a parasitic, bakiteriya kapena ma virus. Zizindikiro zimatha kugawidwa m'mitundu iwiri, imodzi ndi yokondwa ndikugunda mozungulira, inayo ndi kufooka kwa minofu, kukhumudwa komanso kutupa mafupa. Pa nthawi yomweyi, chifukwa matendawa ndi ovuta kwambiri ndipo ali ndi chiwerengero chachikulu cha imfa, choncho m'pofunika kutumiza galu ku chipatala cha pet kuti athandizidwe, kuti musachedwe nthawi ya chithandizo.

1. Matenda a parasitic
   Ngati galu sanaphedwe ndi mphutsi kwa nthawi yaitali, tizilombo toyambitsa matenda monga roundworms, heartworms ndi hydatids zingayambitse meningitis pamene zikuyenda kudzera mu ubongo ndi dongosolo lapakati la mitsempha. Mawonetseredwe akuluakulu ndi agalu akugunda mitu yawo pansi, akuyenda mozungulira ndi zizindikiro zina, zomwe zimafuna kugwiritsa ntchito macheka ozungulira kuchotsa mphutsi, ndikuchita ntchito yabwino yolimbana ndi matenda.

1. Matenda a bakiteriya
   Choyambitsa matenda oumitsa khosi mwa agalu ndi matenda a bakiteriya omwe nthawi zambiri amakhala m'maso, mphuno kapena mkamwa. Matenda akapezeka m'chiwalo chimodzi, mabakiteriya amatha kufalikira ndikuyambitsa ubongo. Kusamutsidwa kwa mabakiteriya monga bakiteriya endotitis, chibayo, endometritis ndi matenda ena a bakiteriya kudzera m'magazi angayambitse matenda omwe amatha kuchiritsidwa ndi maantibayotiki, okodzetsa, antibacterial ndi anti-inflammatory drugs.

1. Matenda a virus
   Galu akakhala ndi distemper ndi chiwewe, matendawa amatha kuwononga chitetezo cha galu. Kachilomboka kamalowa mu dongosolo lamanjenje ndi matenda oumitsa khosi. Izi zilibe mankhwala enieni ochizira, titha kuyesa kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala oletsa ma virus, anti-yotupa ndi mankhwala ena ochizira.