FELINE PANLETJKOPENIA - RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT OF ATYPICAL CASES

摘要

Feline panleukopenia, caused by feline parvovirus (FPV), is a highly contagious disease affecting all members of Felidae? Severity of clinical signs depends on age, immune status, and concurrent infections. Clinical disease ranges from subclinical infection to a peracute syndrome with sudden death. Typical initial signs include fever, depression, and anorexia. Affected cats may initially present for vomiting and, with lower frequency, develop watery to hemorrhagic diarrhea. Patients die from complications associated with secondary bacterial infection, sepsis, dehydration, and disseminated intravasal coagulopathy (DIC). Mortality of 25 % - 90 % in acute panleukopenia and up to 100 % in peracute infections has been reported.