Sentences with phrase «carrier cats»

A healthy carrier cat could certainly be placed in a home and often will live out a normal lifespan.

B. Bronchiseptica is often described as an opportunistic bacterium as it may be dormant in carrier cats and then manifests at times of stress.

The first rule is to deal first with the least infected area of our house or cattery (in our case, our kitten rooms) and gradually move up to the most infected area (perhaps our known FCoV carrier cats, or a cat sick with FIP, last).

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Some treated cats are still subject to relapse or becoming carrier cats.

However, the jury is definitely still out as to whether one strain of coronavirus is more likely to cause FIP than another or more likely to result in chronic carrier cats.

Since carrier cats remain healthy though, and since affected cats may not necessarily be detected until they are a few years of age, the potential exists for both carrier and affected cats to have significant numbers of litters before the disease is identified.

Multiple cat environments are more likely to contain shedding FCoV carrier cats and environmental sources of infectious virus resulting in prolonged exposure of susceptible kittens.

The most common way is close exposure to a sneezing cat or a carrier cat showing no symptoms at all (often their mother).

Make the carrier your cat's home away from home Plan ahead!

These carrier cats may have long term infections that come out in times of stress or with treatment that suppresses the immune system.

It is spread easily through airborne respiratory secretions and direct contact with a carrier cat or contaminated objects.

Feline coronavirus can be found in large quantities in the saliva and feces of cats during the acute infection, and to a lesser extent in recovered or carrier cats, so it can be transmitted through cat - to - cat contact and exposure to feces.

Exposure to secretions (neg; urine), feces and fomites (anything that can carry disease) of diseased and / or carrier cats can cause infection in healthy cats.

However, dog fleas may lodge in cat fur and may infect dogs once the carrier cat meets canines.

Cat Scratch Fever (Bartonellosis) This infection, caused by Bartonella henselae, is commonly acquired from asymptomatic (clinically normal) carrier cats.

The feline leukemia virus has potential to be latent in a carrier cat without any signs of illness and this carrier state can persist for years.

Affected cats (homozygous - having two copies the same - for the abnormal gene) arise when affected or carrier cats are mated with each other.

There is temptation not to treat cats that are not showing symptoms but it is possible for cats to carry Demodex gatoi without showing symptoms so they all must be treated to avoid the potential for a carrier cat reinfecting the others.