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Infected cats typically contract conjunctivitis within a 2-5 day incubation period. [12] Clinical signs of infection are hyperaemia of the nictitating membrane (severity varies), blepharospasm, and discharge from the eye. [7] [12] [13] The infection is not deadly, but if left untreated may cause blindness and pain for the cat. [14]
If due to a virus, the condition usually resolves within one week. [18] Some viral infections also involve fever, fatigue, headache and muscle pain. [18] If the stool is bloody, the cause is less likely to be viral [18] and more likely to be bacterial. [19] Some bacterial infections cause severe abdominal pain and may persist for several weeks ...
Depending on the disease, the person may or may not be contagious during the incubation period. During latency, an infection is subclinical. With respect to viral infections, in incubation the virus is replicating. [2] This is in contrast to viral latency, a form of dormancy in which the virus does not replicate.
Feline coronavirus (FCoV) is a positive-stranded RNA virus that infects cats worldwide. [2] It is a coronavirus of the species Alphacoronavirus 1, which includes canine coronavirus (CCoV) and porcine transmissible gastroenteritis coronavirus (TGEV).
The incubation period for Toxocara canis and cati eggs depends on temperature and humidity. [ 7 ] [ 16 ] T. canis females, specifically, are capable of producing up to 200,000 eggs a day that require 2–6 weeks minimum up to a couple months before full development into the infectious stage. [ 19 ]
The 2023-2024 norovirus season is well underway in the United States. Cases of the highly contagious stomach bug, which causes diarrhea and vomiting, are climbing steadily across the country.
If the cyst containing flesh of these hosts is ingested by a definitive host, such as dogs, and cats, the cysts are ingested and the larvae escape the cysts and penetrate the gastric wall. [17] These released larvae travel to the connective tissue and muscle as observed before and after 4 weeks they return to the gastric wall as adults. [ 17 ]
The avian influenza viruses cats may get include H5N1 or H7N2, [1] notable pathogenic subtypes of the virus. In order to get the virus, a cat would need to be in contact with infected waterfowl, poultry, or uncooked poultry. [2] Two of the main organs that the virus affects are the lungs and liver. [3]