In my country, dogs and cats are the main sources of infection. Don’t think that cats will not have rabies. If you vaccinate your cat regularly, you will find that one of the annual cat vaccines is a rabies vaccine. So what are the characteristics of the pathogen of rabies?

Rabies virus is a ribonucleolytic rhabdovirus. Rabies virus has two main antigens. One is a glycoprotein antigen on the outer membrane of the virus, which can bind to acetylcholine receptors to make the virus neurotoxic and produce neutralizing antibodies and hemagglutination-inhibiting antibodies in the body. Neutralizing antibodies are protective. The other is the inner nuclear protein antigen, which can cause complement-binding antibodies and precipitins to be produced in the body and has no protective effect. Virus particles are test tube or bullet-shaped when observed under an electron microscope. Viruses isolated from sick cats are called natural viruses or street viruses. It is characterized by strong virulence, but after repeated subcultures of test animals, the virulence is reduced, and a vaccine can be made. The virus mainly exists in the salivary glands, saliva and central nervous cells of cats. Rabies virus is easily inactivated by ultraviolet rays, formaldehyde, 50% to 70% ethanol, mercury chloride and quaternary ammonium compounds (sulfamethoxazole). The suspension loses its vitality after 30 to 60 minutes at 56c or 2 minutes at 100c, and is highly resistant to phenol. It can be stored for several years when freeze-dried.

Symptoms of rabies in cats

1. Early stage

Cats may have abnormal behaviors such as fatigue or hyperactivity, which may manifest as sudden changes in temperament or lifestyle habits.

Second, mid-term

The cat wanders around, moves unconsciously, is indifferent to its owner, has a slight breathing sound similar to "Hehe..." (mainly caused by strong salivary gland secretion and facial/pharyngeal muscle spasm) looks into the sky, bites...howls ……

3. Terminal Stage

Cats are afraid of water...fear of sound...fear of light...fear of odors...random muscle spasms and salivation throughout the body, and most cats become more aggressive.

IV. Death period

The spirit becomes depressed, most of the limbs become rigid, difficulty breathing, foaming at the mouth, multiple organ failure throughout the body and death/someone also dies from respiratory depression.

Preventive measures for cat rabies

Since there is currently no treatment for cats suffering from rabies, it is very important to prevent rabies for cats. It is very important to vaccinate your cat against rabies regularly. If a cat has rabies and hurts people, it is very likely that people will also be infected.Transmitted to rabies.

In rabies endemic areas, cats should be vaccinated against rabies every year. If sick cats are found, there is no need to rescue them. They will be killed, burned, and buried deeply. If a cat is bitten, in order to prevent the occurrence of rabies, the bitten cat must be isolated and observed to prevent it from biting people and other animals. If it also starts biting, the suspected sick cat should be culled as soon as possible. To treat the wound of a sick cat, first let some blood flow out of the wound to reduce virus absorption, then rinse it thoroughly with soapy water, and treat the wound with 3% iodine; if there are symptoms, symptomatic treatment can be given according to the condition, such as sedation, antispasmodic drugs and hydrogenation. pine and other hormones. Cats that are bitten should be injected with anti-rabies immune serum at the same time and injected at points around the wound. The immune serum should be injected within 72 hours after being bitten. Once symptoms of rabies are discovered, cull them immediately.