Cat vaccination

Question 1

Feline core vaccinations UK

Answer 1

o Feline Panleuokopenia Virus (FPV)
o Feline Herpesvirus
o Feline Calicivirus

Question 2

Feline non core

Answer 2

o Feline Leukaemia Virus (FeLV)

o Rabies

Question 3

What is cat flu due to?

Answer 3

• Cat flu aka ‘Feline Upper Respiratory Disease complex’ has a few causal agents, the main 2 :
  o Feline Herpes Virus (FHV-1)
  o Feline Calicivurus (FCV)

Also - Chlamydia felis, Mycoplasma felis, Bordatella bronchiseptica

Question 4

Feline vaccination schedule ages

Answer 4

1. 9 weeks first vacc
2. 12 weeks 2nd
3. 1 year old primary booster
4. year old
5. year old
6. year old

Question 5

Feline vaccination schedule what in it

Answer 5

1. 9 weeks old (1st vac) - TriCat +/- FeLV
   a. Tricat – pan leukopnea, herpes and calici. FeLV is feline leukaemia virus
   b. + and – because non core so may be case that if cat ever outside not vaccinated against felince leukaemia
2. 12 weeks old (2ND vac) - TriCat +/- FeLV
   a. → Kitten fully protected 1-2 weeks after 2nd vac, but who lets a young kitten out that young?
3. 1 year old (primary booster) - TriCat +/- FeLV
4. 2 year old – Ducat
   a. Ducat = calcic and herpes alone as need to be done every year. Panleukapenia is every3 yrs
5. 3 year old – Ducat
6. 4 year old – TriCat +/- FeLV

Question 6

Cat restart protocol WSAVA

Answer 6

Single vaccine sufficient to boost immunuty in a cat that has lapsed, whatever interval

Question 7

Cat restart protocol ABCD

Answer 7

Catergorises re-starts based on lifestyle, previous vaccine dates

Question 8

What is FISS

Answer 8

Feline Injection Site Sarcoma

Question 9

Bit about FISS

Answer 9

• Rare
• Most are fibrosarcomas
• Hard to define how common, are out there but low incidence
• Super aggressive tumour, more so than normal sarcomas

Question 10

What rule do we use for FISS when monitoring post vaccine reactions?

Answer 10

o 3 months: any mass at the site of injection 3 months or more after vaccination = concern
o 2cm: any mass being more than 2cm in diameter after vaccination
o 1 month: any mass which increases in size 1 month after vaccination

Vaccine site reactions are common however 32 1 allows you to work out if feline injection site sarcoma or just reaction

Question 11

How to prevent FISS

Answer 11

o Vaccinate only as frequently as necessary (WVAVA injection protocol better)
o Allow vaccines to reach room-temp prior to administering as may reduce inflammatory response
o Vaccinate in the distal limbs as radical surgical removal easier via amputation