Feline Diseases: Feline Distemper Flashcards
1
Q
What is Feline distemper also known as?
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Feline Panleukopenia
2
Q
What causes Feline Distemper?
A
Caused by Feline Parvo Virus (FPV)
3
Q
What may have been the origin of Canine Parvo Virus?
A
cats
4
Q
What is this describing?
- 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
- 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.
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physiology
5
Q
What is this describing?
- 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.
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Etiology
6
Q
What is this describing?
- Clinical signs
- Vaccine status
- Panleukopenia: all leukocytes suppressed
- Canine Parvo ELISA test detects FPV
- Serologic testing: Paired titers
- Necropsy
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Diagnosis
7
Q
What is this describing?
- Fluid therapy
- blood transfusions
- antibiotics
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Treatment
8
Q
What is this describing?
- All surfaces exposed to the infected cat must be cleaned with bleach solution: 1oz of bleach to 32 ounces of water.
- Isolate infected animals and use precautions as in canine parvo virus infection.
- Keep infected cats away from dogs!
- FVRCP vaccine
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prevention
