Core Cat Vaccines
Rabies Vaccine
This vaccine protects your pet against rabies, a fatal viral disease. Pets may be exposed to rabies through contact with the saliva of an infected animal. Most often rabies is transmitted by wildlife such as raccoons, bats, or skunks, but rabies can be carried by any mammal, including domestic animals such as dogs, cats, and farm animals. Infection with the rabies virus causes severe neurologic (nerve-related) signs including salivation, seizures, wobbly gait (unsteady walking pattern), confusion, and aggression, and will eventually lead to death. Rabies is zoonotic, meaning it can be transmitted from an infected animal to humans. Because of this public health concern, the rabies vaccine is legally required in domestic animals throughout most of North America and may also be required if moving a pet across state or international borders.
FVRCP Vaccine
This is a combination vaccine that protects your pet from 3 common viruses: feline herpesvirus (which causes feline viral rhinotracheitis), calicivirus, and panleukopenia. These highly contagious viruses are transmitted from cat to cat, and sometimes via the environment. Both feline herpesvirus and calicivirus can cause severe respiratory signs, as well as conjunctivitis, eye ulcerations (herpesvirus), and mouth ulcerations (calicivirus). Panleukopenia is an often-deadly virus that causes severe gastrointestinal signs and suppression of the bone marrow. Although the FVRCP vaccine is not required by law, it is required by many boarding and grooming facilities unless there is a medical reason your pet cannot receive the vaccine. The FVRCP vaccine may be an entrance requirement if you travel internationally with your pet.
Felv( feline leukemia)
This vaccine protects kittens against FeLV, a retrovirus that can cause anemia (low red blood cells), suppression of the immune system, neurologic disease, and cancer. The severity of FeLV can be unpredictable, causing only mild disease in some cats and leading to severe health issues and death in others. FeLV is spread by direct cat-to-cat contact, most commonly through mutual grooming and fighting. It can also be transmitted by a mother cat to her kittens before birth and via nursing. This vaccine may or may not be recommended depending on the lifestyle of your cat.
This vaccine protects your pet against rabies, a fatal viral disease. Pets may be exposed to rabies through contact with the saliva of an infected animal. Most often rabies is transmitted by wildlife such as raccoons, bats, or skunks, but rabies can be carried by any mammal, including domestic animals such as dogs, cats, and farm animals. Infection with the rabies virus causes severe neurologic (nerve-related) signs including salivation, seizures, wobbly gait (unsteady walking pattern), confusion, and aggression, and will eventually lead to death. Rabies is zoonotic, meaning it can be transmitted from an infected animal to humans. Because of this public health concern, the rabies vaccine is legally required in domestic animals throughout most of North America and may also be required if moving a pet across state or international borders.
FVRCP Vaccine
This is a combination vaccine that protects your pet from 3 common viruses: feline herpesvirus (which causes feline viral rhinotracheitis), calicivirus, and panleukopenia. These highly contagious viruses are transmitted from cat to cat, and sometimes via the environment. Both feline herpesvirus and calicivirus can cause severe respiratory signs, as well as conjunctivitis, eye ulcerations (herpesvirus), and mouth ulcerations (calicivirus). Panleukopenia is an often-deadly virus that causes severe gastrointestinal signs and suppression of the bone marrow. Although the FVRCP vaccine is not required by law, it is required by many boarding and grooming facilities unless there is a medical reason your pet cannot receive the vaccine. The FVRCP vaccine may be an entrance requirement if you travel internationally with your pet.
Felv( feline leukemia)
This vaccine protects kittens against FeLV, a retrovirus that can cause anemia (low red blood cells), suppression of the immune system, neurologic disease, and cancer. The severity of FeLV can be unpredictable, causing only mild disease in some cats and leading to severe health issues and death in others. FeLV is spread by direct cat-to-cat contact, most commonly through mutual grooming and fighting. It can also be transmitted by a mother cat to her kittens before birth and via nursing. This vaccine may or may not be recommended depending on the lifestyle of your cat.
