The Clinical Aspects of Rift Valley Fever Virus in Household Pets: 2. Susceptibility of the Cat

Abstract

Challenge with Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) resulted in an 81% mortality in kittens 21 days of age or younger, whereas it produced only a subclinical infection in 84-day-old kittens and adult cats. Infection in the latter groups was demonstrated by the presence of serum neutralizing antibodies. Thus, kittens 3 weeks of age or younger are as susceptible as lambs and more susceptible than calves to RVFV. Other data indicated (1) the possible existence of cross-immunity between RVFV and some other, as yet unknown, entity and (2) the possibility of both horizontal (kitten-to-kitten) and ascending (kitten-to- adult) transmission of RVFV. The epidemiological implications of the study are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0846836

Entities

People

  • Edward L. Stephen
  • Frederick Klein
  • Jerry S. Walker
  • John Q. Mitten
  • Leonard G. Schuh
  • Norman S. Remmele
  • Richard C. Carter

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Age Groups
  • Antibodies
  • Assays
  • Bioassay
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Families (Human)
  • Immunity
  • Infection
  • Neutralization
  • Procurement
  • Resistance
  • Rift Valley Fever
  • Rift Valleys
  • Tissue Culture
  • Valleys
  • Virus Diseases
  • Wound Infections

Fields of Study

  • Biology

Readers

  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Immunology
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology