Feline Herpesvirus (FHV)
Feline Herpesvirus is the most severe of the common upper respiratory viruses. Understanding how to combat this virus is an essential tool in every cattery's management practices.
Feline Herpesvirus is the most severe of the common upper respiratory viruses. Understanding how to combat this virus is an essential tool in every cattery's management practices.
While Feline Herpesvirus typically causes respiratory illness, it can also cause recurrent cases of conjunctivitis, corneal sequestrums or eye ulcers in affected cats.
If a breeder experiences a reoccurring problem in the cattery with young kittens breaking with upper respiratory infections between 6 and 10 weeks of age, this vaccination protocol may help.