Feline Parvovirus

Re: Feline Parvovirus

Bob Russell — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:51:06 GMT

They are highlighting the importance of vaccination so it would seem likely these were un-vaccinated cats.

I remember (just) the panic when Canine Parvovirus appeared and in my pre-clinical years vets were giving double dose feline enteritis vaccines to dogs in the hope of protecting them. By the time I qualified CPV vaccines were already the norm.

It seems my patients have lived charmed lives and avoided FPV. I can feel a cat vaccination 'drive' coming on! It is worrying when a vet (me) becomes a bit complacent about a disease!

Re: Feline Parvovirus

Hannah Wynne Richards — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:11:01 GMT

Yes It can present as sudden death-especially in kittens-dehydrate and die before the enteritis has become visible

Wynne

Re: Feline Parvovirus

Martin Atkinson — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:56:52 GMT

Indeed this is a parvovirus and has been called such for some time now. And like canine parvovirus will evolve into strains that are not protected against by traditional enteritis vaccines. In some parts of the world more cats are being infected by CPV than FPV - is that is what is happening here? Don't forget CPV evolved from FPV in the seventies and continues to evolve so maybe the wheel has turned a full circle. Question is: have the vaccine companies taken this on board and are they developing new vaccines against new strains which they had conspicuously failed to do with the evolution of CPV. (I feel a rant coming on so I'll stop there)!