CAT VACCINATION PROGRAM

The kittens have their passive defense against various causative agents until their 6-8th week of age. It's the time to start the immunization of kittens with a good vaccination program. In the vaccination there are inactive or depleted causative agents which can be defeated without getting ill, and in 10-14 days a weak protection evolves in the organism against the causative agent. Trustworthy protection against the strong causative agent can be attained by having the vaccinations repeated. Even a weakened causative agent can try kittens (they can be woozy for a day), and because of this, the vaccination can only be given to healthy animals. Invermination, fleas, undernourishment are frequent debilitant factors, so regular antivermination and proper nutrition are essential for the right efficacy of the vaccination. There is no obligatory vaccination for cats, except the rabies vaccination which should be given when we travel abroad with our cat. But it is recommended to vaccinate the cats. If the cat is kept in the flat and doesn't have contact with other cats, it is sufficient to vaccinate them against viruses, which may be given to them by humans. (e.g infectious respiratory/gut/stomach inflammations, flu caused by calcivirus, chlamydiosis). Cats which use to go out should be vaccinated against cat diseases (rabies, cat leucosis, infectious peritonitis (as known as stomach-mucosa inflammation)). Cat leucosis does not only spread by cat-fights, but the kittens may inherit it from their mother. If the cat is infected, it is not efficient to vaccinate them against cat leucosis, so it's important to get the cat tested with a blood-test whether it is infected or not. There is a fatal, viral disease, called cat-AIDS, against which there is no vaccination yet. The chance of the infectious cat diseases is lower in case of spayed and castrated cats.

Our recommended vaccination program for cats kept in apartments:

• 9th week: Combined vaccination (infectious nasal-respiratory inflammation, infectious stomach- and gut inflammation, flu due to calcivirus, chlamydiosis)
• 11th week: Repetition of combined vaccination (after that, it should be repeated every year)

Our vaccination program for cats which go out:

• 9th week: Big combined vaccination (infectious nasal-respiratory inflammation, infectious stomach- and gut inflammation, flu due to calcivirus, chlamydiosis, cat leucosis)
• 11th week: Repetition of big combined vaccination (after that, it should be repeated every year)
• 13th week Vaccination against rabies (it is mandatory in case of travelling abroad!!!) after that, it should be repeated every year
• 16th week: Defense against infectious peritonitis
• 19th week: Repetition of defense against infectious peritonitis (after that, it should be repeated every year)

Other vaccinations:

Vaccination against microsporiasis for cats with symptoms or aptitude of fungal skin infections