| 10 day old and 3 week old kittens dying |
| Species: cat | Category: medical-surgical | Submitted: 25-Feb-07 09:01PM | viewed 2770 times |
Dawn asks about variouskittens (cat - siamese, N) (age 0 years, 2 months): |
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Sorry this is a bit long winded to give optimum details. 5 of my show-breeding queens got pregnant when tom escaped pen one night, 10 days before she was due Mia developed what sounded like bad smokers cough, vet said was a strain of kennel cough and gave me synulox tabs for her, next day all cats coughing and Mia lost her kittens prematurely, two more cats had 8 kittens between them, first lot will be 3 wk old got them to this weekend, fine healthy strapping kittens doing really well, fri eve, biggest kitt developed 2 sneezes, had a bubbly nose and inside 1 hour was gasping for breath, within 2 hours comatose, 10 day old kittens developed same symptoms exactly, 2 sneezes, bubbly nose gasping for breath, comatose within 2 hours, out of 8 kitts down to 3 1 holding onto life by a thread, taking dead kitts in for autopsy tomorrow, never seen the like before, keep chickens ( all Healthy) but am aware bird flu can pass to cats 1st, don't want to sound paranoid, but it obviously has to be asked, cats are NEVER allowed outside, but I work out with horses and chickens and rabbits and dogs all day, take as many precautions as poss. Tom cats in different area, no sign of any illness in them at all. Going to ask vet to do all tests needed to identify this problem, I am heartbroken at losing these beautiful babies, kittens don't fade, still look fat and healthy even when dead, really strange.
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 Samantha says: I am so sorry to hear about your kittens. It is difficult to say what it might be but it does sound like a respiratory tract infection. It is very unlikely to be the H5N1 bird flu virus although I completely understand your concerns. There are many infectious diseases which can cause upper respiratory tract signs in cats and the "kennel cough" that your vet was discussing with you may have been Bordetella bronchiseptica; this is a bacterial infection which may affect cats as well as dogs. Sometimes more than one infectious agent may be involved in such problems and the post mortem examination may help to confirm which pathogens are present. I hope your remaining kittens are OK and sorry I cannot be more help.
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