CALICIVIRUSES CVs PETER H RUSSELL BVSc Ph D

CALICIVIRUSES (CVs) PETER H. RUSSELL, BVSc, Ph. D, FRCPath, MRCVS Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, The Royal Veterinary College, Royal College Street, London NW 1 OTU. E-mail Web site

LEARNING OBJECTIVES Students should be able to: Explain the background to the control measures for feline calicivirus disease • Describe the emergence of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) and the past and present control measures in the UK •

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS:

FELINE CALICIVIRUSES (FCV) DISEASE & PATHOGENESIS

FELINE CALICIVIRUSES (FCV) HOST RANGE :

FELINE CALICIVIRUSES (FCV) EPIZOOTIOLOGY:

FELINE CALICIVIRUSES (FCV) ANTIGENICITY:

FELINE CALICIVIRUSES (FCV) DIAGNOSIS:

FELINE CALICIVIRUSES (FCV) CONTROL:

RABBIT CALICIVIRUS (VIRAL HAEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS)

RABBIT CALICIVIRUS (VIRAL HAEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS) ANTIGENICITY:

RABBIT CALICIVIRUS (VIRAL HAEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS) HOST RANGE:

RABBIT CALICIVIRUS (VIRAL HAEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS) EPIZOOTIOLOGY:

RABBIT CALICIVIRUS (VIRAL HAEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS) CONTROL:

OTHER CALICIVIRUSES ENTERIC CALICIVIRUSES

OTHER CALICIVIRUSES VESICULAR EXANTHEMA OF SWINE VIRUS (VESV) & SAN MIGUEL SEA LION VIRUS (SMSV)

Summary • Feline calicivirus (FCV) is one of the two major causes of viral upper respiratory tract disease in cats; carriers are common. • The rabbit calicivirus emerged as a fatal disease of rabbits in the 1980's, was notifiable until 1996. Now there is an effective vaccine.