Can Cats Get Parvo Or Distemper

Similar to the human flu virus distemper strains vary from year to year.

Can cats get parvo or distemper. Feline distemper is primarily caused by a single-strand DNA virus called feline parvovirus says Dr. Other sites call this feline distemper or feline infectious enteritis. Common symptoms of feline panleukopenia parvo include.

Decrease in food intake. Feline distemper is spread through any type of body fluid but most commonly by accidental ingestions of feces. The class of viruses called parvovirus causes both feline distemper and canine parvo diseases.

Some years it is more contagious than others and has varying survival rates. The onset of distemper in cats is usually sudden. Fpv can cause disease in house cats wild cats raccoons mink and coatimundis.

Racoons mink skunks and otters can all get both canine distemper and FPV. The feline panleukopenia and the canine parvovirus CPV belong to the Carnivore Protoparvovirus species. Consequently if a cat has been in contact with a dog who has parvo the cat should be considered potentially contagious and quarantined from other animals for at least several weeks.

Mary Fuller a veterinarian from Minneapolis Minnesota. So while it is uncommon yes cats can get parvovirus from dogs. While cats and dogs cannot pass distemper to each other many wild animals can get one or both diseases.

They are so closely related that the cat type can affect the dog and vice versa. Cats can catch the virus from items in the environment including food dishes water bowls litter trays and boxes bedding and human hands or clothing. Distemper is commonly found where there are many cats in a small area like kennels pet stores and feral cat colonies.