It's really a complex situation, because most cats that have contracted Feline
Calicivirus do not develop stomatitis.
Feline
Calicivirus does not cause EGC.
Not exact matches
Although cats don't catch human cold viruses, our feline friends get feline upper respiratory infection, which is commonly caused by the herpesvirus and
calicivirus.
They're really good at basic pathogens, but they don't kill tougher viruses like parvo,
calicivirus, and adenovirus, and they certainly don't kill ringworm.
Published in the November, 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, «Prevalence of serum antibody titers against feline panleukopenia virus, feline herpesvirus 1, and feline
calicivirus in cats entering a Florida animal shelter,» presented data indicating the majority of cats coming into a shelter
do not have immunity to the common feline diseases feline panleukopenia virus (FPV), feline herpesvirus 1 (FHV1) and feline
calicivirus (FCV).
Treatment of
calicivirus While there's no cure for
calicivirus or any URI (just like the common cold), there are some things you can
do to help alleviate the severity of clinical signs:
There is plenty of evidence that herpes - 1 / rhinotracheitis and
Calicivirus vaccines
do not need to be given throughout life.
However, cats
do get other viruses — usually
calicivirus or herpesvirus — that cause all the symptoms we usually associate with colds.
At our clinic in Napa, community cats are spayed / neutered and eartipped; treated for fleas and ticks with Frontline Plus ®; and vaccinated for rabies, rhinotracheitis,
calicivirus and panleukopenia (cats under the age of 3 months
do not receive a rabies vaccine).
Cats infected with
calicivirus are contagious for several months after infection but
do not appear to have recurrences the same way cats with herpes
do.
There is evidence that rhinotracheitis and
Calicivirus vaccines
do not need to be given that often.
We
do not know what causes the glitch, but at present the best guess is that a common viral infection called Feline
Calicivirus is what triggers the problem.
FVRCP (Feline Viral Rhinotracheitis,
Calicivirus and Panleukopenia) These potentially fatal viruses are ubiquitous throughout the world and transmission
does not require direct contact with an infected cat.
Feline
calicivirus (FCV) is common in many environments, causes respiratory infection in cats, and
does not affect humans or dogs.