Efficacy of feline panleucopenia vaccine to prevent infection with an isolate of CPV2b obtained from a cat

W S Chalmers; U Truyen; N M Greenwood; W Baxendale

doi:10.1016/s0378-1135(99)00085-1

Efficacy of feline panleucopenia vaccine to prevent infection with an isolate of CPV2b obtained from a cat

Vet Microbiol. 1999 Sep 1;69(1-2):41-5. doi: 10.1016/s0378-1135(99)00085-1.

Authors

W S Chalmers¹, U Truyen, N M Greenwood, W Baxendale

Affiliation

¹ Intervet UK Ltd., Huntingdon, Cambs, UK.

PMID: 10515267
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1135(99)00085-1

Abstract

Cats vaccinated against FPLV were protected against infection with a feline isolate of CPV2b. Nonvaccinated cats developed a lymphopenia and excreted virus which infected susceptible in-contact cats.

MeSH terms

Animals
Cats
Dog Diseases / prevention & control*
Dogs
Feline Panleukopenia Virus / immunology*
Lymphocyte Count
Parvoviridae Infections / prevention & control
Parvoviridae Infections / veterinary*
Parvovirus, Canine / pathogenicity*
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Viral Vaccines*

Substances

Viral Vaccines