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Alphaherpesvirinae
Feline Rhinotracheitis
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How can you distinguish this virus from the calicisviruses? | Ligual ulcers |
| Compare the prevelance of antibody in colony cats vs. household cats. | over 70% to less than 50% |
| How is the virus transmitted and are recovered cats carriers? | Ocular, nasal, and oral secretions; yes, they carry it for some time and shed it to other cats |
| Where does replication occur? | Mucosae of the nasal septum, turbinates, nasopharynx, and tonsils |
| What are clinical features of kittens under 4 weeks? | extensive rhinotracheitis and bronchopneumonia from a secondary bacterial infection |
| What are clinical features of neonates? | fever, sneezing, profuse serous nasal and occular discharge, anorexia, weight loss, and profuse frothy salivation// keratitis with punctate corneal ulcers (rare) |
| What clinical signs are seen in kittens older than 6 months? | subclinical disease |
| What clinical sign is seen in pregnant queens? | ABORTION about the 6th week of pregnancy but it is from the effects of the respiratory disease and not the direct effect of the virus on the fetus |
| What is seen pathologically with this virus? | necrosis of epithelia of the nasal cavity |
| What is a diagnostic tool you can use to check for ulcers in the eye? | Flourosein dye |
| How can you tell the difference between rhinotracheitis, calicivirus, and pneumonitis? | Rhinotracheitis = keratitis/ Calicivirus = ulcers of the tongue/ Pneumonitis = Conjunctivitis |
| How can this virus be controlled? | a genetically engineered vaccine |
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lkollmeier
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