Spring is the season of high incidence of infectious diseases

Infectious diseases will not only affect the health of cats

may even threaten their lives

For families with multiple cats

Infectious diseases are even more of a nightmare

One person can infect two people accidentally!

Today let’s talk about common infectious diseases in cats

Cat distemper

Cat distemper, also known as feline panleukopenia, is caused by feline parvovirus of acute, highly contagious infectious diseases.

Symptoms

After infection, cats may develop symptoms such as listlessness, loss of appetite, and fever, followed by serious symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, and leukopenia.

Infection route

● Direct infection is the main method. Cats that come into direct contact with the saliva and excrement of infected cats can cause infection.

● After the owner comes into contact with a cat carrying the virus, contact with cats at home without disinfection may also lead to infection.

Maintenance

Gastrointestinal maintenance

Prepare easily digestible food for cats, and adopt a feeding method of small meals and frequent meals. You can also supplement cats with probiotics appropriately.

Strict isolation and environmental disinfection

Because the virus is easy to spread and has a long survival period, items used by infected cats and the home environment need to be thoroughly disinfected.

Especially for families with many cats, isolation work must be done to avoid direct and indirect contact.

Vaccinate new cats before entering the house

If there are cats in the home who have been infected with cat plague, and you want to "import new cats" in the future, it is best to do the following:

✅ The items of previously sick cats have been disinfected/replaced

✅ The interval reaches 1 year

Prevention:

Vaccinate your cat regularly.

Feline nasal bronchitis

Feline nasal bronchitis is a symptom of rhinobronchitis caused by the feline herpes virus.

Symptoms

Cats may have fever, lethargy, loss of appetite, sneezing, runny nose (clear nasal discharge turning into nasal pus), accompanied by conjunctival congestion and tear/eye discharge Symptoms such as overabundance of objects.

Infection route

● Cats come into contact with the oral, nasal secretions or eye secretions of infected cats, or the spread of sneezing droplets can lead to infection.

● Most cats will carry the virus for life after being infected. It may relapse when the cat’s immunity is reduced, she is stressed, or the mother cat gives birth.

Maintenance

Clean up the cat’s nose and tears

It is necessary to help the cat wipe and clean the secretions from the eyes and nose in time to help maintain cleanliness.

Supplement nutrition and water

Prepare easy-to-digest, nutritious food for cats to supplement nutrition. You can provide the kitten with the food it usually likes to increase the cat's appetite.

Avoid stress

Stress can lead to disease recurrence. Try to avoid changes in the environment and excessive frightening to reduce the stress on kittens.

Isolation and Disinfection

In a multi-cat household, if one cat is diagnosed with nasal congestion, it needs to be isolated immediately to prevent infection. Thoroughly disinfect the utensils used by infected cats and the home environment, pay attention to other cats in the home, and seek medical treatment promptly if symptoms appear.

New cat arrives home

✅ Since the virus can be carried for a long time, it is recommended that the cat be fully vaccinated before bringing it home.

✅ Isolate the new cat first after arriving home to avoid stress in the aboriginal cats at home.

Prevention:

Vaccinate regularly;

Disinfect the environment and cat utensils daily.

Cat-borne peritonitis

Cat-borne peritonitis, the full name of feline infectious peritonitis, is caused by enteric coronavirus. Cats of all ages can be infected, and it is divided into dry and wet forms. kind.

Symptoms

Including fever, lethargy, loss of appetite, weight loss, and frequent diarrhea; as the disease progresses, cats with different characteristics will have different symptoms,

● The dry type will cause symptoms such as unsteady walking, eye inflammation, convulsions and epilepsy;

● The wet type is more common, and cats will have respiratory symptoms in the early stage, accompanied by obvious pleural and abdominal effusions. , the belly is very swollen, which seriously hinders breathing.

Infection route

Cats coming into contact with the feces of sick cats can cause infection, and sharing food bowls, cat litter boxes, etc. may also lead to infection.

Maintenance

Dietary aspects

Prepare some high-quality, easily digestible wet food for cats to supplement nutrition.

Pay attention to hygiene

● Pay attention to the cleanliness of the home environment with many cats, change the cat litter frequently, clean the cat litter box regularly, and maintain hygiene.

● Avoid sharing cat litter boxes in multi-cat households and try to avoid having too many cats at home.

New cats coming in

✅ New cats should be immunized before being brought home.

✅ Isolate the new cat first after returning home to avoid stress to the cat or the existing cats in the home.

Prevention:

Try to avoid keeping multiple cats in an environment and clean and disinfect cat litter boxes frequently.