feline causes & transmission

Question 1

Caused by Feline Parvo Virus (FPV)

Answer 1

Feline Panleukopenia or “Feline Distemper”

Question 2

• Virus infects rapidly dividing cells, causing acute cell damage.
• Bone Marrow infection results in suppression of production of all blood cells.
• GI infection leads to damage to intestinal crypt cells and blunting of villi similar to canine parvo virus.
• Inutero infection leads to still birth, fetal death,fetal reabsortion, abortions, and fetal mummification.
• Rapidly dividing cells in kittens, in the eye and cerebellum, are infected resulting in cerebellar hypoplasia and retinal dysplasia.
• Kittens will be ataxic and may be blind.

Answer 2

Feline Panleukopenia or “Feline Distemper”

Question 3

• Kittens 2 to 6 months of age most commonly infected.
• Unvaccinated cats of any age can be infected.
• Older cats typically have less severe disease.

Answer 3

Feline Panleukopenia or “Feline Distemper”

Question 4

• Common viral disease of cats that affects the respiratory system, eyes, joints and hemolymphatic system.
• Virus causes cytolysis of infected cells resulting in tissue damage.
• Most common in kittens <6 weeks old.
Cats of any age can show disease.

Answer 4

Feline Calicivirus (FCV)

Question 5

Caused by a virulent strain of Calicivirus

Answer 5

FCV associated systemic disease or FCV-VSD

Question 6

• Common in households with large numbers of cats.

Common in shelters.

Answer 6

“Cat Flu”

Question 7

• susceptible to disinfection, dessication
• transmitted through aerosol droplets
- contact w/ fomites, transplacentally
• incubation period 2-6 days
• shed for 1-3 weeks after infection

Answer 7

Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis

Question 8

• gram-, intracellular bacteria
• replicates in RBC’s
• Transmitted through
   - arthropod vectors
   - saliva during bite wounds
   - transplacentally
   - blood transfusion

Answer 8

Feline Infectious Anemia (Feline Hemobartonellosis)

Question 9

• destroyed by disinfection, dessication
• transmitted through saliva, in utero, via milk
• exposure leads to varying outcomes

Answer 9

Feline Leukemia Virus

Question 10

Clinical disease occurs after an extended period of infection

• Immunosuppression
• Bone marrow suppression
• Leukemia
• Lymphosarcoma

Answer 10

Feline Leukemia Virus

Question 11

transmitted through saliva

Answer 11

Feline Immunodeficiency Virus

Question 12

• member of the coronavirus family
• transmitted through oral ingestion, transplacental transmission
• 40-50% of infected cats also have FeLV infection

Answer 12

Feline Infectious Peritonitis Virus