Cow Pox

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Carly Woodward — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:17:43 GMT

Oh gosh how awful Diane, I am glad he is back at work now and better. from all what I have read it is a very small rate of transmission from cat to humans, did he have any open wounds or anything do you know?

Our cow pox cat got signed off and is all better.

CJ x

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Diane Westwood — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:26:03 GMT

One of our vets had cowpox and has only just started back to work. He was off for weeks, and so seriously ill in hospital it was thought he would not recover. 10 days before he showed symptoms he treated a farm cat with lesions. Our vet had crusty scabs all over his face, swollen eyes and his girlfirend said some people couldn't recognise him.

Re: Cow Pox

Vicky RVN — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:05:33 GMT

[quote user="Caro Laithwaite"]

Maggots and garlic (used independant of each other) saved thousands of lives in the trench warfare of the first world war.

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Still can't stand the little blighters. We were talking about them being used in dressings for wounds in hospitals... It may well work, but the thought of something eating at my flesh

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Sal the 1st — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:08:20 GMT

glad to hear he is coming along. Pickle's chest was always noisy but was usually better in the summer months.

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Carly Woodward — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:54:35 GMT

Well good news... we took him off the feeding tube last week as he was drinking on his own, he has since started taking liquivite and he went home for 3 days. He came back yesterday for a good clean up and his scabs are looking brilliant, and he is now eating small amounts of tuna and his liquivite and also some nutri gel to get all his vitamins!!

Really really delighted and his owners are over the moon - still chesty though and wont contemplate cat food!!

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Caro Laithwaite VN — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:32:59 GMT

Maggots and garlic (used independant of each other) saved thousands of lives in the trench warfare of the first world war.

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Sal the 1st — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:36:17 GMT

only just seen this - have seen about 4 or 5 cases of pox over the years - the one I remember most was a young adult torti. It started with a lesion on her nose which was biopsied because vet suspected sqamous cell but the other lesions started to appear mostly on face spreading to head and neck and then along back. They did look for all the world like cigarette burns. wounds were dressed daily and was treated with I think cephalexin and a mucolytic. Owner gave up after a couple of weeks and I took the cat on as she was very very bright in herself and luckily her mouth wasnt affected so she had a good appetite.

it took ages to get a good improvement I am talking 2 months n plus, but eventually the pox sort of burnt itself out. She always had a noisy chest afterwards and always had the pox scars but she was a happy little cat. She lived with me about 8 years and was prob about 2 years when I got her. it was her kidneys that finished her off.

I think of the other cases about half survived - a lot depends on the severity when presented and the owners ability to carry out prolonged nursing

(just as an incidental to this - when she came in on one occ with owner a couple of the bigger wounds had become flyblown on her back - we caught them early before maggots had chance to do much damage. It was these wounds - even tho they were much bigger than the others that were the first to heal. a lot to be said for maggots)

Re: Cow Pox

Saskia Quinn — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:29:15 GMT

Hey CJ,

how did he do in the end? Did he pull through?

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Carly Woodward — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:57:11 GMT

Hey thanks for your replys unfortunately this is one of the most severe cases, I have been with him and I feel so sorry for the poor chap we have had to add bisolven today as he is so mucousy. He is responding well to the feeding tube and his weight is now stable again. The sores are just so horrible! look more like burns now. Fingers still crossed for him.

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loobylou — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:10:21 GMT

Our receptionist had one of her cats diagnosed with cow pox a month or so ago, luckily it was only a mild case. She did have several lesions and was sl pyrexic and inappetant for a few days but seems to have made a complete recovery. About a week before she showed dysphagia for 24 hrs.

I did a little bit of reading up but didnt really find much on the treatment, some sites said that only symptomatic treatment was required and most would resolve on their own.

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Charlotte says smile — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:56:24 GMT

We had one a couple of months ago he had lesions everywhere but they were so bad on his RF that the skin sloughed off was in a right state! but after 4 weeks of honey dressings it looked fantastic.

Like yours he wouldnt eat due to the discomfort, so we syringe fed regularly and vetergesic he started to improve and now he is completely back to his old self

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Kay Eminson — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:29:31 GMT

We had one a few months back

bad news though, didnt improve so he got put to sleep.

we think he may of been immuno-suppressed.........felv/fiv +

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Debbie Summers — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:59:46 GMT

Hi CJ,

Vaguely recall seeing a cowpox case about 13 / 14 years ago. It was a domestic cat that roamed farm fields...can't remember much, except that it was in a bit of a state. I have a feeling the clients called it a day, but then there were not as many treatment options then.

Hope the cat pulls through.

Debbie