title: [Feline rhinotracheitis in stray cats; to vaccinate or not to vaccinate?].
abstract: Report on a controlled field trial in an animal home housing both stray cats and animals which were boarders. In this home, a vaccine containing live attenuated feline herpes and calici viruses for intranasal administration was inoculated. The purpose of the trial was to find out why this vaccine which had been very successful in this animal home during the past years, showed disappointing results in stray cats in recent months. The necessary practical measures were taken to ensure that the required procedure should be complied with, i.e., every stray cat was vaccinated on the day of admission and was then held in quarantine for at least 24 hours. In the first group of fifty stray cats, only some local reactions following vaccination were observed. When vaccination was discontinued, feline rhinotracheitis became enzootic in non-vaccinated cats within a month. A second group of forty-five stray cats was then vaccinated with equally satisfactory results. It was found that feline rhinotracheitis can be controlled in stray cats even under enzootic conditions by intranasal vaccination on the day of admission and then holding the cats for at least 24 hours in quarantine.
mesh_terms: D000281:Administration, Intranasal; D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002415:Cats; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D014765:Viral Vaccines
vernacular_title: Niesziekte bij zwerfkatten; wel of niet enten?