Cat Infectious Dz Review

Question 1

What is the most common infectious cause of death in kittens under 2wk old?

Answer 1

Cat flu

Question 2

What are “cat flu” bacterial diseases?

Answer 2

Bordatella, Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, Pasturella

Question 3

Which cat flu is assoc. w/rescue facilities and can be transmitted to cats from dogs?

Answer 3

Bordatella

Question 4

This cat flu bacteria is killed by extreme temps and pH (does not survive in env.)

Answer 4

Bordatella

Question 5

Sneeezing, pyrexia, lymphadenopathy are assoc. w/which cat flu disease?

Answer 5

Bordatella

Question 6

How do you treat Bordatella, Chlamydiophilia, and Mycoplasma?

Answer 6

Fluoroquinolones, doxycycline

Question 7

Is Bordatella a core vaccine?

Answer 7

No

Question 8

Is Chlamydiophilia a core vaccine?

Answer 8

No

Question 9

Very high (95%) shedding rate in shelter cats

Answer 9

Bordatella

Question 10

Obligate intracellular bacteria that causes conjunctivitis or mild upper resp signs but only in 30% of cases

Answer 10

Chlamydiophilia

Question 11

Carrier state of which disease is assoc. w/pedigree cats at shows/used for breeding?

Answer 11

Chlamydiophilia

Question 12

Intranuclear inclusion bodies

Answer 12

Chlamydiophilia

Question 13

Which cat flu bacteria infects RBCs and causes hemolysis?

Answer 13

Mycoplasma

Question 14

Which cat flu bacteria causes significant lower respiratory tract infections in addition to URT stuff?

Answer 14

Mycoplasma

Question 15

Anorexia, wt loss, hyperthermia, anemia are all assoc. w/which cat flu bacteria?

Answer 15

Mycoplasma

Question 16

Young male cats are usually affected by this cat flu bacteria

Answer 16

Mycoplasma

Question 17

Which cat flu bacteria is transmitted by arthropods/fleas?

Answer 17

Mycoplasma

Question 18

Which cat flu bacteria is zoonotic from bite wounds?

Answer 18

Pasturella

Question 19

Which cat flu bacteria is suscepible to a wide spectrum of abx?

Answer 19

Pasturella

Question 20

Cat parvovirus aka _____

Answer 20

Panleukopenia

Question 21

Vaccines decrease clinical signs but don’t decrease incidence of which virus?

Answer 21

Calicivirus

Question 22

What part of a vaccine causes an increased risk of sarcoma formation?

Answer 22

Adjuvants

Question 23

How often should core vaccines be given?

Answer 23

Q3yr

Question 24

Single stranded RNA virus that mutates every time it replicates (high genomic plasticity)

Answer 24

Calicivirus

Question 25

URT disease w/oral ulcerations

Answer 25

Calicivirus

Question 26

What % of calici-infected cats become carriers?

Answer 26

25%

Question 27

What induces calicivirus shedding?

Answer 27

Stress

Question 28

The highly pathogenic variation of this virus causes severe systemic hemorrhagic fever (like vascular systemic disease)

Answer 28

Calicivirus

Question 29

Kittens with this disease don’t suckle, and therefore die very quickly

Answer 29

Calicivirus

Question 30

What is the mortality rate of calicivirus?

Answer 30

50%

Question 31

How does calicivirus cause death?

Answer 31

DIC = multiple organ failure

Question 32

What is the treatment for calicivirus?

Answer 32

No specific treatment