Infectious diseases in cats

Question 1

What is the aitology and transmission method for feline leukemia virus?

Answer 1

-oncornovirus causing neoplasia development
- 2-4 week incubation period
- oronasal contact with saliva/ urine

Question 2

what is the mortality rate of feLV

Answer 2

50% in two years
80% in three years

Question 3

hat are the clinical signs of Felv

Answer 3

• stomatitis/ gingivitis (swollen mouth)
  -lymphadenopathy (swollen lymphnodes)
  -oncogenisis
• other typical signs of necrosis

Question 4

Hoe is felv clinically diagnosed?

Answer 4

• eliza
  -ifa (antibody check
  -pcr
  -histology/cytology

Question 5

How is felv prevented and controlled?

Answer 5

• shedders are a majour source of infection
• screening
• breeding queens can transmit virus to kittens
  -vaccination
  -isolating infected cats

Question 6

What is the aeitology and transmission of feline immunodeficency virus?

Answer 6

• incubates for months
  -transmitted via saliva passed in bite wonds
  -infection is perminant
• most die within a year

Question 7

Pathogenis of fiv

Answer 7

• accute (4-6 weeks) = fevre, neurotrpaenia, lymphandenopathy
• asymptomatic latent =
• chronic terminal phase= final stage, cell immunity compromised, dysfunction of the immune system

Question 8

what are the clinical signs of fivs

Answer 8

• neurological signs
  lymphopaenia
• chromic mouth infection
  -concurrent felv
  -respitory infections
  -skin changes
• other disease atrributes eg. pyrexia

Question 9

How are fivs diagnosed?

Answer 9

-eliza

Question 10

how are fivs controlled?

Answer 10

• no vaccine
  -keep cats indoors

Question 11

What is the aietology and transmission rate of feline panleucopaenia

Answer 11

• feline parvovirus
  -2-14 days incubation
• highly contagious
• 50-90% mormidityu in untreated kittens

Question 12

what is the pathogenis of fpv?

Answer 12

• viral replication occurs enitialy in lympoid tissue
• illnesws is subsiquent from haematogonous dissenination
  -destrys rapidly deviding cells of the small intesine, lyphatic tissue and bone marrow
• virus shed in feaces 4-5 days of infection

Question 13

Clinical signs FPV

Answer 13

• abdominal pain
  -emisis
  diahreah
  death
  other disease notifies

Question 14

How do yopu diagnose for fpv

Answer 14

• heamotology
• eliza of feacal matter
• serology

Question 15

what is the treatment for fpv?

Answer 15

-no specific treatment
- isolation
-treatment is supportive
-antibiotics for secondary infection prevention

Question 16

how is fpv control?

Answer 16

-alive and dead vaccines can be provided
- vaccinated at 8 weeks then agian three weeks later