Crampon in cats: symptoms, signs, treatment
Not only dogs can get sick. In addition to the plague of dogs, there is also a plague among cats. These diseases are caused by different viruses, but equally hard, and the outcome is usually lethal.
What is this disease?
Cats in cats - this is "popular name", in fact, this disease is called panleukopenia. This disease is caused by a virus similar toviruses that provoke enteritis in dogs and mink. A cat's cage is extremely contagious, transmitted by contact with a sick animal, and also through infected objects. In addition to domestic cats, the virus also affects other animal families of felines and cunts (mink and ferrets).
The incubation period of the disease is from 2up to 10 days, the acute form of the plague in cats lasts 1-10 days. The virus affects primarily those cells that quickly divide - bone marrow, myocardium, lymphoid tissues, epithelium of the intestine, and in pregnant cats - the placenta and the fetus itself.
Symptoms and manifestations of plague in cats
The mortality of kittens during infection with chum reaches90%. The virus lives on the street, it is stored in the soil and on any objects with which the sick animal was in contact. Disinfection with alcohol or other means, unfortunately, firus panlekopenia does not kill. It survives in the environment at temperatures of less than 60 degrees throughout the year.
What kind of cat can catch a plague and how does it happen?
Greater chance of catching panleukopeniayoung animals, but a cat can be infected with a plague of any age. The mortality rate can vary from 25% to 90%. Symptoms of plague in cats depend on the age and immunity of the animal, as well as the amount and degree of pathogenicity of the virus.
The plague virus in cats can exist for a long time in the external environment, it transfers heat and the effect of many disinfectants.
Infection with the plague virus in cats can occurin utero. After recovering the animal, it can remain in the body for several months (if the kitten was infected in utero - for up to a year), standing out with feces and other secrets. A cat that has been sick with a plague gets immunity to the disease until the end of life.
It is also possible to transmit the virus through bloodsucking insects (fleas and ticks) if the animal has contacted infected species of its species or caught a sick mouse or other rodent.
What happens to a sick cat?
The first symptoms of plague in cats are fever (body temperature rises to 41 ° C and more), apathy, refusal of food and water. In this case, the cat is clearly thirsty, but refuses to drink.
Two to three days after the onset of the first symptoms, vomiting begins, watery diarrhea and dehydration are observed.
The cat begins pain in the stomach and intestines, andlymph nodes in the abdomen are enlarged. Allocations of a sick animal contain blood, the mucous membrane of the oral cavity dries up and becomes bluish.
If the temperature drops when the symptoms persist, the cat's plague will most likely end in death.
Important! If the cat after the plague has survived 4 days, and then quickly recovered - it will live, but will remain a virus carrier, dangerous for other animals.
Symptoms of a plague in a cat
Cramping in cats leads to changes in behavior. The main signs are as follows: the cat tries to hide in a secluded, cool and dark place. She either lies on her stomach, with her head thrown back and legs stretched out, or sits hunched. Often the animal sits over a bowl of water, but does not drink it, since the inflow into the body of the liquid causes a sharp pain in the abdomen.
In older cats, there is pulmonary edema accompanied by wet wheezing. Some animals have a coma and convulsions.
Treatment of ducks in cats
Alas, but effective treatment of plague in cats,guaranteeing 100% recovery, does not exist. This is primarily a symptomatic treatment when trying to remove the manifestations of the disease, but the body must cope with the infection itself.
In the early stages of the plague, cats are injected withhyperimmune serum. To suppress the secondary bacterial infection, antibiotics of a wide spectrum of action are administered. Subcutaneously and intravenously electrolytic (saline) solutions, as well as 5% glucose solution. To reduce the loss of fluid in the plague in cats, give antiemetics. Also need to give the cat vitamins. If a cat develops a shock, it is prescribed corticosteroids.
Important! In untreated cats, in a short time, a relapse of the disease may occur, which will most likely lead to a meta-animal. To understand that the cat has not recovered completely, you can by her appetite. Of all the symptoms of the disease, the appetite is restored last. If the cat has recovered, but still continues to eat badly - the treatment should continue until full recovery.
Prevention
Because the plague in cats is very contagious and in a largethe number of cases leads to a fatal outcome, it is easier to prevent panleukopenia than to cure. The best way to prevent plague in cats is timely vaccination. Since only one serological type of the virus is known, vaccination against the plague in cats is very effective.
How can I get vaccinated against chamak (panleukopenia) in cats?
The first vaccination is done at the age of 8 weeks.
After 4 weeks, the kitten loses passive immunity (transmitted with the mother's milk protective antibodies), so at the age of 12 weeks, a revaccination is carried out.
The animal is then vaccinated every year.
Important! It is believed that vaccination with a modified live vaccine may prolong the immunity against plague in cats under 3 years, but it is better to insure and vaccinate the animal annually. Often complex vaccines have a vaccine against panleukopenia.
What else, besides vaccination, will help protect the cat from the plague?
The virus is best preserved on the soil. Therefore, often infected with young animals, which the owners first released to take a walk on the street.
Because the feline virus in cats is very resistant toenvironmental influences, it is necessary to protect the kitten from contact with things that are often on the street, as well as with street shoes. The highest probability of infection of the plague in cats, taken from a large nursery with a large number of animals, street cats and kittens from the bird market.
Timely vaccination against the plague in cats - a pledge of health of your pet!
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