EESC30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Feline Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline Calicivirus, Feline Leukemia Virus
5 Aug 2015
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Sterilisation is the removal of all forms of microbial life from an environment, and is very difficult to achieve in the home. Disinfection is the selective elimination of certain undesirable micro-organisms in order to prevent their transmission. In terms of the home with pet cats, disinfection is necessary to prevent the spread of infectious diseases from one cat to another, or, in a few cases, to humans. A number of different organisms can infect cats - protozoa such as toxoplasma gondii and giardia lambliae, which are also important infections of humans, yeasts and fungi, bacteria, mycoplasmas, chlamydia psittaci and viruses. Of these, viruses are generally considered to be the most important pathogens of cats. Fpv and fcv are the two viruses which are most resistant to most disinfectants, and are two of the most infectious, so a disinfectant that is effective against these two viruses is desirable.
