Feline Distemper or
Panleukopenia used to be a very common and highly contagious viral disease of young kittens.
Not exact matches
Using a pressure hose on infectious material: «If you have animals that are sick with parvo or
panleukopenia, if you clean with a high - pressure hose, you're going to aerosolize all of that material, so that could get all over the hospital.»
Immunization shots are
used to prevent harmful and deadly diseases such as rabies, canine parvovirus, canine distemper, canine bordetella, feline leukemia and feline
panleukopenia.
Titers only have a high degree of correlation to immunity for certain diseases: dogs: Distemper, Adenovirus, Parvovirus cats:
Panleukopenia (which is feline parvovirus... for which some
use the misnomer «feline distemper»... it is not related to canine distemper, it IS a parvovirus and closely related to canine parvovirus)
The core viral vaccinations to
use in kittens are feline
panleukopenia (known as feline parvovirus), feline rhinotracheitis virus and feline calici virus.
We are currently
using a vaccine (two doses, three weeks apart) that combines protection against four upper respiratory infections: rhinotracheitis, calici,
panleukopenia and chlamydia psittaci.
One study on
panleukopenia tests indicated that the rate of false - positive results post-vaccination varied depending on which brand of test was
used.
How to
use test results to control diseases including canine distemper, feline
panleukopenia, canine parvovirus and feline and canine infectious respiratory disease complexes.
The most commonly
used vaccine against
panleukopenia, herpesvirus and calicivirus is a multivalent vaccine: it contains viral antigens for several diseases together in the same dose, and is commonly abbreviated as the «FVRCP» vaccine.
Many guardians
use these homeopathic medicines to help protect their companions against Parvovirus, Distemper, and Kennel Cough in dogs and
Panleukopenia and FIP in cats.
Feline
panleukopenia is now diagnosed infrequently by veterinarians, presumably as a consequence of widespread vaccine
use.
To identify the vaccine
used, it is now recommend that the feline
panleukopenia - calicivirus - chlamydia - rhinotracheitis vaccination be given on the right shoulder.