What is cat plague?

Cat plague, also known as feline panleukopenia and feline infectious enteritis, is an acute highly contagious infectious disease in cats, often accompanied by symptoms such as high fever, and the incubation period is generally 2 to 9 days. Cat plague can even kill kittens born between 0/2 and 36 hours.

Symptoms of cat plague

Symptoms of 1-2 days

Sleepiness, poor spirit;

Fever 1 day (fever does not mean nothing, if it is cat plague, it will be fever after 2-3 days).

Anorexia; Obviously thirsty, but refused to drink water;

Vomiting (bile-colored, yellow-green vomit)

Symptoms last for 2-3 days.

Fever (the second time you have a fever, the probability of being diagnosed with cat plague increases, and the cat is very painful. Please see a doctor in time! );

Frequent vomiting;

3. drooling;

4. A large number of watery diarrhea or dysentery, even bloody stools like tomato juice, sometimes appear (diarrhea is a symptom in the middle and late stages, not necessarily);

Severe dehydration;

Electrolyte imbalance;

Seizure.

How to treat cat plague?

Stop vomiting

You should abstain from water and food when vomiting occurs. Metoclopramide injection is 0.65438±0.5 ~ 0.25ml per kilogram of body weight, twice a day, intramuscular or subcutaneous injection.

Relieve/alleviate/reduce/reduce inflammation

Gentamicin 1000 unit or kanamycin/kg body weight 5 ~ 1000 unit, intramuscular or subcutaneous injection twice a day.

have an infusion

During dehydration or vomiting, 5~ 10 ml of 25% glucose, 5 ml of 5% sodium bicarbonate and 30~50 ml of compound normal saline were injected intravenously.

food therapy

It is recommended to feed a small amount of digestible, low-fiber and low-fat food, and eat it 0 ~6 times a day. You can also use prescription drugs for acute gastroenteritis.

bring down a fever

Bupleurum injection is 0.3 ml per kilogram of body weight, twice a day. Hemostasis: Vitamin K3 injection is 0.3 ml per kilogram of body weight, twice a day, intramuscular injection.

How to prevent cat plague

vaccination

Remember to vaccinate the suckling cat you picked up.

Adult cats who don't know the vaccination situation should be injected with a needle of cat triple.

The kitten was bought from other places and needs to show relevant certificates.

Improve disease resistance

Improve the cat's immunity through diet conditioning and make the cat's immune system stronger.

Environmental prevention

Cat plague is most likely to break out in a dirty, humid, noisy and high-pressure environment.

Clean and disinfect regularly, pay attention to the ventilation of the environment, and let the cat get more sunshine.

Don't bring bacteria home; Don't take the cat to a place where there are many bacteria.