A lot of the same symptoms that you will suffer from when you have asbestos lung mesothelioma will also plague your pet. You will need to look for a chronic cough, if your pet seems to suddenly have a bad sounding cough, then look for the other symptoms.

The other symptoms include weight loss as well as swelling in the stomach and chest from fluid retention. One of the biggest symptoms with animals is the same one with humans, loss of breath. If your pet seems to have trouble breathing without being over exerted, then you will need to get it checked out.

Typically, this affects household pets, including barn animals. The treatment for the animals is similar to the treatment that a human would receive. You will need to have surgery first to see the amount of damage that has been done. From there, treatment will come to them in the form of radiation or chemotherapy. It usually does not take more than a few rounds for it to be effective.