feline clinical signs Flashcards
• Acute, enteric viral infection of cats • Depression • Vomiting • Diarrhea • Severe Dehydration Death: High Mortality
Feline Panleukopenia or “Feline Distemper”
• Anorexia • Oral ulcers (stomatitis) • Ocular and/or nasal discharge • Fever • Dyspnea • Lameness Systemic hemorrhage
Feline Calicivirus (FCV)
• Cats have severe systemic disease
• Same as calici virus and:
• Profound fever
• Marked subcutaneous edema of limbs and face.
• Crusting and ulceration of nose, lips, pinna and feet.
Icterus
FCV associated systemic disease or FCV-VSD
Those observed are associated w/ RBC destruction
Feline Infectious Anemia (Feline Hemobartonellosis)
• Acute - fever - pale and icteric MMs • Chronic - wt loss - weakness - depression - anorexia
Feline Infectious Anemia (Feline Hemobartonellosis)
signs are associated w/ RBC destruction
Clinical signs observed reflect the disease process taking place but will generally include
- chronic weight loss
- lethargy
- anorexia
Feline Leukemia Virus
Nonspecific abnormalities are observed but all are precipitated by the immunosuppression caused by virus
- destruction of T-lymphocytes
- chronic fever
- chronic upper respiratory tract infections
- gingivitis/stomatitis
- chronic diarrhea
- weight loss
Feline Immunodeficiency Virus
Most commonly affects 6 mo.-2 yr. old cats
Feline Infectious Peritonitis Virus
Clinical signs are usually nonspecific but can include: • recurrent fever • anorexia • weight loss • chronic diarrhea • lethargy • weakness
Other clinical signs can include
• a peritoneal effusion
• large inflammatory nodules in the liver, kidney, CNS, eye
Feline Infectious Peritonitis Virus
Clinical disease occurs after an extended period of infection • Immunosuppression • Bone marrow suppression • Leukemia • Lymphosarcoma
Feline Leukemia Virus
