B3: Feline Vaccines

Question 1

Asymptomatic Carrier

Answer 1

Animal that has contracted disease but displays no symptoms

Question 2

Ataxia

Answer 2

Neurological sign involving lack of muscle coordination/movement

Question 3

Dyspnea

Answer 3

Difficulty breathing

Question 4

Latent Virus

Answer 4

Ability of pathogen to become dormant

Question 5

Retro Virus

Answer 5

Group of viruses containing RNA (genetic blueprint) which makes them more dangerous

Question 6

Rhinitis/Rhinosinusitis

Answer 6

Inflammation of paranasal tissue

Question 7

Feline Stomatitis

Answer 7

Inflammation of mouth, lips and mucous membranes

Question 8

Risk Factors For Disease

Answer 8

• Access to outdoors
• Multi-cat households
• Indirect/Direct exposure to stray or rescued cats
• Age/Health of members of household
• Immunosuppressed cats

Question 9

3-way/4-way/5-way vaccine

Answer 9

3: FVRCP (distemper/panleukopenia, rhinotracheitis and Calici
4: FVRCP + Clamydia
5: FVRCP + Clamydia + FeLV (feline leukaemia)

Question 10

Panleukopenia (Distemper)

Answer 10

• Spread by: direct contact with body secretions (nasal, ocular, saliva, urine, feces) or indirect contact via fomites or insect vectors
• clinical signs: depression, fever, vomiting, dehydration, anorexia, ataxia
• kittens and unvaccinated cats susceptible, highly contagious

Question 11

Feline Upper Respiratory Distress Complex

FURD

Answer 11

3 components spread by aerosols/direct contact/fomites:

• Herpesvirus
• Calicivirus
• Chlamydia

Question 12

Herpesvirus (FURD)

Answer 12

• attacks mucosa of upper airways and conjunctiva (eye membrane inflammation)
• necrosis of nasal turbinates (bony nasal passages)
• asymptomatic carriers
• clinical signs: sneezing, ocular discharge, fever, anorexia, depression

Question 13

Calicivirus (FURD)

Answer 13

• causes ulceration of tongue and palate
• causes viral pneumonia
• minimal effects on conjunctiva and upper airway
• asymptomatic carriers
• clinical signs: joint pain, minor discharge, oral ulcers, pneumonia

Question 14

Chlamydia (FURD/zoonotic)

Answer 14

• conjunctivitis (inflammation around eyes) and mild rhinitis
• mucopurulent discharge
• will cause pink eye in humans

Question 15

Feline Leukaemia (FeLV)

Answer 15

• feline only, retro virus (similar to aids virus)
• shed in all body secretions, requires close and repeated contact to spread
• clinical signs: fever, anorexia, enlarged lymph nodes
• asymptomatic carriers
• remain infected for life, no cure

Question 16

Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV)

Answer 16

• feline only retrovirus (similar to HIV virus)
• spread through saliva from bite wounds
• clinical signs (chronic disease): persistent diarrhea, upper respiratory infections, ocular and oral lesions, weight loss, occasional neurological signs (seizures)
• eventually fatal due to immune suppression
• no vaccine

Question 17

Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP)

Answer 17

• similar to corona virus in dogs
• most commonly infects kittens under 1 year
• spread by fecal-oral route, possibly spread by fomites
• clinical signs: fever, vomiting, diarrhea

Question 18

Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP)

Wet

Answer 18

• clinical signs: large fluid filled abdomen, dyspnea due to pressure on diaphragm, fever, weight loss, lethargy, anorexia
• eventually fatal

Question 19

Feline Infectious Peritonitis (FIP)

Dry

Answer 19

• clinical signs: cheese-like, yellow-white masses in the abdomen, sometimes in chest, enlarged lymph nodes, liver infection (icterus), neurologic and ocular signs (lesions and hemorrhage)
• eventually fatal