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Causing one-half of the respiratory diseases in cats, [3] FVR is the most important of these diseases and is found worldwide. The other important cause of feline respiratory disease is feline calicivirus. FVR is very contagious and can cause severe disease, including death from pneumonia in young kittens.
Skin tumors are less common in cats; although most cats are vulnerable, white cats are especially prone to this type of tumor. Skin tumors manifest as a visible lump on the skin, mostly affecting vision, smell, or eating. [5] Benign tumors take several years to develop and are more difficult to detect due to their freely movable nature. [6]
After infection, most cats will develop antibodies to T. gondii and will no longer shed oocysts. [143] [136] An estimated 1% of cats at any given time are actively shedding oocysts. [14] It is difficult to control the cat population with the infected oocysts due to the lack of an approved vaccine.
Feline disease refers to infections or illnesses that affect cats. They may cause symptoms, sickness or the death of the animal. Some diseases are symptomatic in one cat but asymptomatic in others. Feline diseases are often opportunistic and tend to be more serious in cats that already have concurrent sicknesses.
Infant prematurity is the factor most commonly associated with pulmonary hemorrhage. Other associated factors are those that predisposed to perinatal asphyxia or bleeding disorders, including toxemia of pregnancy, maternal cocaine use, erythroblastosis fetalis, breech delivery, hypothermia, infection (like pulmonary tuberculosis), Infant respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS), administration of ...
Lentigo in cats is a common dermatological condition characterized by the presence of small, flat, brownish spots on the skin — particularly around the lips, nose, and eyelid margins. Unlike in ...
But the cat always does manage to make an appearance, and it always seems to be in the last two hours." [ 9 ] After Oscar accurately predicted 25 deaths, [ citation needed ] staff started calling family members of residents as soon as they discovered him sleeping next to a patient in order to notify them and give them an opportunity to say ...
Acute signs of FCV include fever, conjunctivitis, nasal discharge, sneezing, and ulceration of the mouth . Pneumonia may develop with secondary bacterial infections. In addition to stomatitis, some cats may develop a polyarthritis, both probably immune-mediated through immune complex deposition. Stomatitis and polyarthritis can develop without ...