VERY DANGEROUS Virulent Calicivirus strain

[momcat]

Thank you so much for the heads up on this! Honestly, this is the first I've heard about this and it does sound extremely serious. If you don't object, I'm going to talk to my friends and co-workers who are owned by cats. If anyone knows anything I'll pass the information along.

[QueenScoopalot]

I responded to your post in "Cat Health".. I can't keep reliving the nightmare that never seemed to go away...but it did. With a whole lot of fight!

[emily_the_spoiled]

The vet should report the side effect of the vaccine to the FDA and the company. When they do the testing for these drugs they only test on a small population of animals and not all side effects are observed. In alot of cases, new side effects are found once the product is released to the public. But the only way they find out is when people report back to them.

[phesina]

Thanks, everyone, for your replies.

Gary, I'm sorry to hear about the Burlington cats and those of the volunteers. (I'd figured this virus had probably made it to Canada too.) I hope they'll get any bugs worked out in that vaccine soon and it is much more highly publicized and put into use.

Momcat, and anyone else reading or hearing about this, by all means please do pass the word around, and if you find out anything more, please let us all know.

QueenScoopalot, I saw your post in Health and responded there. It looks like you and your kitties went through quite an ordeal. What a nightmare! I'm so glad you all made it.

Emily, thank you very much for the feedback that the vet that had the problems should report them to the FDA and the company. That is just what should be done. I will try and find out from the person who told me this if she knows if the vet did that. Or perhaps I will just call the vet herself.

Thanks again, everyone.

Pat

[kb2yjx]

Thanks Pat for the info. I will ask my vet about this.

[phesina]

Please let us know what your vet says, Sandra.. thanks..

I'm surprised I had never heard about this before, if it's been around since the late 1990s, is as contagious and deadly as they are saying, and until now there was no vaccine for it.

Pat

[Taz_Zoee]

I did not see this thread sooner and did a search on Calici to find it. I just took Taz to the vet last night for his vaccines and they told me about this. I had not heard of it. I missed this thread or I would have been more informed. I am glad Pat already got it out there (as did someone else sometime back, I think). It sounds very scary. Even though Taz is an indoor only cat, he could still get this nasty virus.