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By Sara Dubs
Reservoir: Domestice/Feral Cats, Minks, Foxes, Raccoons
Portal of Exit: All Excretions/Secretions of bodily fluids of infected felines (feces, urine, salive, ectetera) - Virus particles can be shed in feces for as long as 6 weeks after recovery if the feline lives.
Mode of Transmission: Indirect Can also be direct
Example: An infected feline defecates in a litter box, which is not properly cleaned. Then a healthy but unvaccinatd feline uses that same litter box and comes into contact with the infected feces.
Portal of Entry: Oronasally (exposure to infected animals, feces, secretions, contaminated fomites)
Susceptible Host: FVRCP Unvaccinated Felines, Immune Compromised Felines, Feral Cat Colonies, kittens between the ages of 2-6 months
How can we control transmission of the disease: Vaccination is highly successful in protecting felines if done correctly. Effective cleaning and disinfecting of group housing and high traffic areas of felines is also very helpful in controlling transmission of feline panleukopenia. Quarantining infectious felines is another control method to stop the spread.
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