I saw a cat with a cat shoveler before. It was obviously cat plague but it was misdiagnosed as gastroenteritis, which delayed the treatment in vain. I have also seen examples of cat gastroenteritis being treated as cat plague. How should these two diseases be distinguished?

Before seeing a cat with a shoveler, it was obviously cat plague but was misdiagnosed as gastroenteritis . It was delayed in the treatment in vain. There have also been examples of cat gastroenteritis being treated as cat plague. How should these two diseases be distinguished?

1. Symptoms

Cat plague and cat gastroenteritis will include symptoms such as loss of energy, loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, etc. The most obvious difference is in body temperature

cat plague will have a fever, which will rise to above 40° in severe cases. It will return to normal in a few days, and may rise again afterwards. That is, repeated fever

cat gastroenteritis generally does not show a temperature increase

2. Different test results

cat plague check blood routine can find that the value of leukocytes in cats has decreased, the cat's plague test strip shows positive, while the cat's leukocytes are normal, and the cat's plague test strip has no abnormalities.

3. Treatment of

cat plague is relatively difficult. Cats need to be injected with antiviral injections such as monoclonal antibody, interferon , inhibit protein , and other antiviral injections. Feed medust anti-female plague virus. diarrhea symptoms give omeprazole . Use gastrofuan when vomiting, and use Chaihu Oral Liquid for fever. If there are symptoms of dehydration, then give cats supplements with glucose , vitamin C, vitamin B1 and other drugs.

Cat gastroenteritis: Adjust diet when the symptoms are mild, feed probiotics to regulate, and after severe symptoms, adjust the diet of the cat, and if dehydration occurs, the cat will be given rehydration.