However, it is important to determine the cause, as Bordetella Bronchiseptica, FHV and Feline
Calicivirus present with very similar symptoms.
Not exact matches
Cats that
present with Feline
Calicivirus symptoms should be isolated from healthy cats to prevent the spread of the disease.
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).
Calicivirus is
present in saliva as well as eye and nasal discharges from infected cats.
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.