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Limping calici is a viral disease of cats that shows itself in kittens. It shows as a period of limping and inability to move about, that can cause death, but with the appropriate medical care tends to last about a week.
This not only makes the development of vaccines more difficult, but also allows for the development of more virulent strains. [3] In persistently infected cats, the gene for the major structural protein of the viral capsid (the outer protein coat of a mature virus) has been shown to evolve through immune-mediated positive selection , which ...
Feline diseases are often opportunistic and tend to be more serious in cats that already have concurrent sicknesses. Some of these can be treated and the animal can have a complete recovery. Others, like viral diseases, are more difficult to treat and cannot be treated with antibiotics, which are not effective against viruses.
Although cats are obligate carnivores, vegetarian and vegan cat food are preferred by owners uncomfortable with feeding animal products to their pets. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Veterinary Medicine has come out against vegetarian cat and dog food for health reasons. Cats require high levels of taurine in their diet.
Anaphylactic reactions are rarely fatal if treated in a timely fashion. If an allergic reaction occurs, future vaccinations may be amended by type or preceded by an allergy medicine. [7] Another uncommon reaction is the development of a vaccine-associated fibrosarcoma, a tumor at the injection site that develops months or years after ...
It may resolve with treatment of the diabetes. [8] The pathology of this condition in cats has been shown to be very similar to diabetic neuropathy in humans. [9] Distal symmetric polyneuropathy symptoms include atrophy of the distal leg muscles and the muscles of the head, and rear limb weakness. No treatment is known and the prognosis is poor.
By: Keleigh Nealon, Buzz60. A year ago, a cat was found on the side of the road in very poor condition. He was tiny, weak, and covered in dirt. To add to all of that, his jaw was broken in two ...
The condition is most commonly seen in kittens with type-A blood born to mothers with type-B blood since type-B cats form very strong anti-type A antibodies. The condition is less common (and less severe) in type-B kittens born to type-A mothers. It can be prevented by blood typing the mother and kittens.