(Schultz) With the feline upper respiratory diseases (calicivirus and
rhinotracheitis virus as well as feline chlamydia), most are not serious except in very young kittens.
Not exact matches
Feline Herpes
Virus (FHV) or Feline Viral
Rhinotracheitis (FVR) is one of the major causes of Feline Viral Upper Respiratory Disease which is often referred to
as «cat flu» or feline influenza.
series is completed, we recommend yearly vaccinations FVRCP (Feline Viral
Rhinotracheitis) and FeLV (Feline Leukemia
Virus)
as needed.
This stands for
Rhinotracheitis also known
as herpes
virus, Calici
virus, and Panleukopenia also known
as distemper.
This stands for
Rhinotracheitis (also known
as herpes
virus), Calici
virus, and Panleukopenia (also known
as distemper).
This
virus shares symptoms with other feline
viruses such
as rhinotracheitis (differentiated from calicivirus by more sneezing, eye inflammation and discharge) and chlamydiosis where in addition to some of the aforementioned symptoms your cat would also be suffering from conjunctivitis (red eyes).
Rhinotracheitis is caused by an airborne
virus and cause respiratory signs such
as sneezing and ocular discharge.
You may have seen this
virus referred to
as FHV - 1 or Feline Viral
Rhinotracheitis (FVRCP).
The core viral vaccinations to use in kittens are feline panleukopenia (known
as feline parvovirus), feline
rhinotracheitis virus and feline calici
virus.
RCP stands for
Rhinotracheitis also known
as herpes
virus, Calici
virus, and Panleukopenia also known
as distemper.
However, Many Cats Also Have
Viruses Like Feline
Rhinotracheitis Virus (known
As Feline Herpes
Virus) Or One Known
As Feline Calici
Virus.
RHINOTRACHEITIS (feline herpes
virus 1) & CALICI
VIRUSES are the primary stimulants of upper respiratory infection in the feline species, capable of causing clinical signs localized to the upper respiratory system such as sneezing, ocular discharge, and oral ulcerations as well systemic infections in more virulent strains of calici v
VIRUSES are the primary stimulants of upper respiratory infection in the feline species, capable of causing clinical signs localized to the upper respiratory system such
as sneezing, ocular discharge, and oral ulcerations
as well systemic infections in more virulent strains of calici
virusesviruses.
They emphasize the fact that annual vaccinations have been effective at decimating the incidence of formerly common, potentially lethal viral diseases such
as feline panleukopenia,
rhinotracheitis, feline leukemia, canine distemper, hepatitis and canine parvo
virus.
While there can be specific causes of this chronic and frustrating inflammation such
as viral infection with feline herpes
virus (
rhinotracheitis), calicivirus (FCV), feline leukemia
virus and / or feline immunodeficiency
virus, most of the time no specific causative agents can be found, placing the cause
as ideopathic / immune mediated, which means that the cat's immune -LSB-...]
«Puppies and kittens need protection against life - threatening diseases such
as parvovirus, distemper
virus and adenovirus (puppies) and
rhinotracheitis, panleukopenia and calici
virus (kittens),» Lovett says.
Cats that go outside or reside in multiple cat households require vaccines against the common respiratory
viruses (
rhinotracheitis, calicivirus, pneumonitis) and panleukopenia (FVRC / P vaccine)
as well
as against feline leukemia and rabies.
The core vaccines include the rabies vaccine which is required for all cats in the counties of Chicagoland, and the «distemper» vaccine, also known
as FVRCP or PCR, which is a combination vaccine including panleukopenia (feline distemper), feline calicivirus and feline herpes
virus type 1 (
rhinotracheitis).