Cat vaccination | Pet Professional

Throughout their lives, all cats are likely to catch a number of diseases, even more particularly if they live in the house and have access to the outdoors. These conditions can seriously affect their health or even cause their death. Vaccination is by far the best protection.

When will my cat be vaccinated?

From the age of two months, the kittens are no longer protected by their mother?s antibodies. Now this is an age where they are particularly susceptible to disease. After acquiring a kitten, it is particularly important to be vaccinated by a veterinarian. It must receive two injections about a month apart for all diseases against which you want to protect it. In some cases, the first injection has already been done when you adopt your pet. In such cases, do not forget to recall a month later, essential for obtaining good immunity.

Against which diseases your cat vaccinated?

There are 5 against which you can protect your cat through a vaccine (for more details on each disease, refer to the complete file about them):

Enzootic: it is very dangerous for our feline companions. This is a viral disease sometimes wrongly called ?cat AIDS?. In fact, if it is caused by a virus of the same family as that of AIDS (a retrovirus), it is more of a leukemia of viral origin, as an immune system deficiency. Unlike AIDS, the cat can contract Enzootic by all natural pathways: blood, sexual contact, but also saliva, tears, urine. Once infected, the animal may be HIV positive and infectious without being sick for months, even years. Despite recent advances in the treatment of these diseases, when symptoms begin to appear, it is often too late to save the cat. Leukemia is characterized by weight loss, anemia, the appearance of lymph nodes, and sometimes tumors. Vaccination remains the best weapon against this disease.

Typhus: It is a highly contagious viral disease. It mainly affects the kittens can catch it at any age. Typhus is transmitted, human, or other domestic animals. The effects are a viral diarrhea accompanied by high fever and dehydration. It is almost always fatal. The virus responsible for typhus is very resistant to disinfectants. Contamination can occur several weeks after the passage of an infected cat. Fortunately, thanks to the vaccination, the disease has become rarer.

Coryza: It is the association of virus and bacteria which reach all the bucco-pharyngeal sphere of the cat: ulcers in the mouth, purulent nasal discharge, Infectious conjunctivitis sometimes associated with impairment of the cornea. If it is not often fatal, however this disease is very debilitating for the animal. It is often chronic, and the cat is regularly relapsing. It has stuffy nose refuses to feed, and often even to drink. All these symptoms associated with fever cause a profound state of weakness that can lead to death if treatments are not underway quickly.

The Chlamydia: results in chronic conjunctivitis, usually in one eye, sometimes both. The flow of the affected eye is permanent, and is accompanied by redness and itching. Once the cat reaches, it is very difficult to treat definitively. Although conjunctivitis appears healed, the animal may remain contagious. This disease is not fatal, and is generally limited to cats that lived in community (farms, shelters ?), or have had a rough time growing up as kittens from the streets. It should discuss the suitability of this vaccine, which is not routinely performed, with your veterinarian.

Rabies: this is the main infectious disease of the cat, which can be transmitted to man by it and which is the subject of specific legislation. The rabies vaccination is required for your cat if you want to take it abroad. The vaccination protocol presents a special feature, since it does not require other diseases as a single injection to be effective. The rabies vaccination is practiced from the age of 3 months (and not 2). Immunization, the vaccine is legally valid only 3 weeks after injection.

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