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Question | Answer |
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Distemper | can start in respiratory system or GI tract, then ultimately attack the nervous system |
Adenovirus Type 1 | causes Hepatitis which may lead to kidney damage. It affects the tonsil area first, then moves to the liver, spleen and lungs. |
Adenovirus Type 2 | Respiratory can lead to secondary Kennel cough. |
Parainfluenza | Viral respiratory infection. Can damage lungs- lead to secondary bacterial pneumonia and secondary kennel cough |
Parvovirus | Affects the GI tract and rips out cells of the intestine |
Coronavirus | Similar to Parvo Invades rapidly growing cells in intestinal lining. |
Rhinotracheitis | Herpes virus. Respiratory disease and can lead to pneumonia |
Calicivirus | Contagious but less often fatal upper respiratory infection |
Panleukopenia | Destroys all white blood cells in abdomen and gut tissue |
Chlamydia | Bacterial respiratory infection. Zoonotic from birds |
Feline Leukemia Virus | Malignancy form. Tumor grows in the bone marrow and other parts of body. attacks the bone marrow causing the bone marrow not to produce white blood cells, making cats susceptible to other diseases and infections |
Rabies | Moves to neurological system within 72 hours to 7 days. Attacks the central nervous system. |
Feline Infectious Peritonitis | Two strains- wet strain is more severe and destroys abdominal cavity, dry strain less severe |
Feline Immunodeficiency Virus | Attacks and destroys the white blood cells |
Canine influenza | New disease, no natural immunities, will catch if exposed highly contagious. low fever, lethargy, always with cough |