I found out last year that the vaccine doesn't cover all possible
strains of calicivirus. One area vet told of a severe case of it he'd
seen in a cat that had been vaccinated.
I too, wonder if upper respiratory viruses can lie dormant. I will
never know for sure what Harley had in December, but several months
earlier he had an inflammation in his mouth that went away, possibly
herpes or calici trying to assert itself. Or maybe it was something
else. But whatever it was manifested when we had a temperature
inversion that impacted air quality and lasted for something like 10
days. No other cat got sick with a URI, not even Harley's FeLV+
roommate Brock. First part of the illness was a very sore throat &
inflamed larynx. Harley didn't eat because it was impossible or too
painful. The 2nd phase was the nasal part. That's when he developed a
fever, and had copious amounts of nasal discharge (couldn't breathe
through his nose at all for a day or so), and some eye discharge also.
Marsha
On 2/23/2015 4:57 PM, Kelley S wrote:
Lance,
I was referring to Callie...I'm assuming they have been vaccinated?
I've only seen calicivirus in a shelter pull and that was a
kitten....it just seems odd they would be exposed to it. I wonder if
it can lie dormant and surface later?
In the one case of Calici I did run across the kitten turned out
fine. We had to syringe feed him due to the abcesses in his mouth,
but he had a 100% recovery.
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