Feline Calicivirus
Feline Calicivirus
Disease Overview
Calicivirus is a common virus in cats that causes upper respiratory infection. Feline calicivirus is resistant to many disinfectants and can survive outside a cat’s body for several days.
Merck Animal Health Solutions
For Feline Calicivirus
A quality core vaccine shown to be effective for vaccination of healthy cats 9 weeks of age or older against feline rhinotracheitis, calici, and panleukopenia viruses.
A quality core vaccine shown to be effective for vaccination of healthy cats 9 weeks of age or older against feline rhinotracheitis, calici, panleukopenia, and feline leukemia viruses, as well as feline Chlamydophila. The duration of immunity against feline leukemia virus is at least 2 years.
Shown to be effective for vaccination of healthy cats 9 weeks of age or older against feline rhinotracheitis, calici, and panleukopenia viruses, as well as feline Chlamydophila.
Shown to be effective for vaccination of healthy cats 9 weeks of age or older against feline rhinotracheitis, calici, panleukopenia, and feline leukemia viruses, and the only combination vaccine providing a 2-year duration of immunity against feline leukemia virus.
The only USDA-approved feline core vaccine with a duration of immunity of at least 3 years. Shown to be effective for vaccination of healthy cats 8 weeks of age or older against feline rhinotracheitis, calici, and panleukopenia viruses.
Transmission
Feline calicivirus is spread between cats through direct contact with the eyes or nose of an infected cat or contact with contaminated objects that an infected cat has sneezed on or touched, such as food and water bowls.
Clinical Signs
- Sneezing
- Discharge from the eyes and nose
- Pneumonia
- Mouth sores
- Arthritis (in some cases)
Risk Factors
- Boards often or comes from a shelter environment
- Widespread in the general cat population and prevalent in multiple cat households5
- Indoor/outdoor cats are both at risk
References:
5.Gaskell R, Dawson S, Radford A. Feline respiratory disease. In: Greene CE, ed. Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat. 3rd ed. St. Louis, MO: Saunders/Elsevier; 2006:146.