The so-called cat-loving disease refers to feline leukemia, which is a common non-traumatic fatal disease in cats and a malignant infectious disease caused by feline leukemia virus and feline sarcoma virus.
Then why is feline leukemia also called cat-friendly disease? Because most of the spread of this disease comes from the direct contact between healthy cats and sick cats.
For example, rubbing each other's noses, licking each other's hair, using vegetable pots and cat litter pots.
In addition, feline leukemia is highly contagious. Sick cats can spread saliva, blood, eye and nose secretions, feces and milk, and the mode of transmission is mostly friendly behavior between cats.
Therefore, in the early stage of feline leukemia, cats usually have no symptoms. However, with the passage of time, the health status of infected cats may gradually deteriorate, and they may experience repeated cycles of disease and relative health. Clinical symptoms are as follows:
Loss of appetite, weight loss, rough fur, swollen lymph nodes, persistent fever, anemia, oral inflammation, persistent diarrhea, skin, urinary system, respiratory system and other infections, convulsions or other nervous system symptoms.
Cats infected with FeLV virus will go through two stages: the first stage is that the virus is in the blood, and then the cat has the possibility to overcome the virus infection!
In the second stage, the virus reaches organs such as bone marrow, which means that cats are infected all their lives!
FeLV is one of the important diseases that cause cats to suffer from cancer, which may lead to various blood diseases and may lead to decreased immunity, making them unable to resist external infection.
Any common microorganism in the environment may make cats sick?
So how can we avoid and prevent feline leukemia?
1, try to avoid fighting with other stray cats of unknown origin!
2. Multi-cat families should avoid using the same food basin and cat litter basin!
3, daily disinfection to ensure that the cat's environment is dry and clean!
4. Isolate the sick cat!