Feline Panleucopenia
- Feline version of parvovirus in dogs.
- Targets actively diving cells resulting in:
- Enteritis (villous crypt epithelium).
- Panleucopenia (bone marrow and lymphoid tissue).
- Cerebellar hypoplasia (neonatal cerebellum).
- Foetal death in early pregnancy.
Clinical signs:
- Profuse diarrhoea.
- Sudden death.
- Pyrexia, anorexia and depression.
- Panleucopenia.
- Cerebellar hypoplasia.
Diagnosis:
- Post mortem histopathology.
- Faecal samples.
- Serology.
Treatment:
- Fluid therapy.
- Interferons.
- Antibacterials.
Successful vaccination with live/inactivated virus. Long term environmental survival.
Feline Spongiform Encelopathy
- Same as BSE (mad cow disease).
- Signs-> polyphagia/polydipsia. Muscle fasiculations/altered gait. Salivia drooling and behavioural changes.
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