Poxvirus

RE: Poxvirus

Martin Atkinson — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 10:59:59 GMT

[quote user="Julian Earl"] Also it is mousepox isn't it rather than cowpox on cat?[/quote]

[quote user="Emily Herskind Nightingale"] Apparently it is cowpox that rodents carry [/quote]

[quote user="Shoshannah McCarthy"]It should be volepox really, since voles are the most common rodent carriers![/quote]Rodents (be that voles or not) are the primary host, so cows get it from them and mikmaids got it from cows and Edward Jenner was thus able to make the first vaccine against smallpox even though he probably misunderstood the epidemiology.

RE: Poxvirus

Shoshannah McCarthy — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 01:25:39 GMT

It should be volepox really, since voles are the most common rodent carriers!

Never seen a confirmed case personally, although we have recently had a suspected case.

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Emily Nightingale — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 21:01:48 GMT

Thank you for all your replies. Apparently it is cowpox that rodents carry so cat-pox are usually cowpox, which actually is more common in rodents than it's namesake.

I'm interested to hear that some of you have seen cases/ or have suspected cases.

Thanks again.

RE: Poxvirus

Julian Earl — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:00:38 GMT

I've seen a few, always on the paws or face plus one military dermatitis presentation after A.N.Other vet had used steroids for a facial lesion. There's a moral in that tale! The lesions usually resolve well enough, antibiosis for secondaries and time. Also it is mousepox isn't it rather than cowpox on cat? Likely to be zoonotic as I think! Apart from the military case, it is not usually a very dramatic presentation.

HTH?

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ChrisBVSc — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 16:30:32 GMT

We're in Dorset, funnily enough I've just booked in a cat for skin biopsies this week with very suspicious lesions. Had a case last year confirmed via biopsies, first one I'd seen after 8 years in practice.

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Thomas Johnson — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 08:50:17 GMT

One of my colleagues diagnosed a case of cat pox virus recently, confirmed by histopath, we're in Surrey and I've never seen one before.

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rhmrcvs — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 22:11:24 GMT

Hi,

I have never knowingly seen although after recent discussion I wonder if we missed one some months ago.....

A friend has seen one recently in her practice in Devon ( confirmed on electronmicroscopy). Cat lived in rural area , near large farm with cattle.

RE: Poxvirus

Gillian Mostyn — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 16:30:00 GMT

Only had one known case in a cat, confirmed on histopath, in a 16 year career. That case was on steroids though....

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Martin Atkinson — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 11:09:50 GMT

I think we probably see a lot more than we realise and they may just get dismissed as 'dermatitis'. Given that they're self limiting except in immuno-compromised individuals means that doesn't matter unless the steroid kings get in there with the Depomed!

The few cases I've positively diagnosed have been classical small scabby lesions on the head/face/paws but there have been many similar suspicious cases that the owner didn't want to pay for a lab test or I thought it wasn't necessary.

RE: Poxvirus

Michael Woodhouse — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 21:19:56 GMT

Congratulations on the baby.

I've never diagnosed a pox virus in any species. We see a bit of pseudocowpox.