Vaccination is designed from protect an animal from a disease usually viral or bacterial origin. This is the best way to fight against infectious diseases, recognized and applied universally, both in human medicine and veterinary medicine. Thanks to systematic vaccination programmes, one can hope to eradicate certain diseases as was smallpox in humans in 1981.
In the normal condition of livestock, a kitten is sucking its mother's milk. During the first two days the breast secretes colostrum, rich in gamma globulins (antibodies), giving the kitten an immunity at the beginning of his life.
The Coryza of the cat is a disease highly contagious. Several pathogens are the cause of this pathology : The viruses belong to the families of the Herpesvirus, with Calicivirus and of Reovirus.
Feline immunodeficiency virus is a virus from the same family as HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus), virus that causes AIDS in humans. However, There is no risk of the cat to human transmission.
The Typhus is a viral disease caused by one Parvovirus. It is also called feline panleukopenia.
This pathology is specific of felids and is very strongly contagious : so it's crucial to protect your cat vaccinated.