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Review article2022Peer reviewedOpen access

Vaccination of Immunocompromised Cats

Hartmann, Katrin; Moestl, Karin; Lloret, Albert; Thiry, Etienne; Addie, Diane D.; Belak, Sandor; Boucraut-Baralon, Corine; Egberink, Herman; Frymus, Tadeusz; Hofmann-Lehmann, Regina; Lutz, Hans; Marsilio, Fulvio; Pennisi, Maria Grazia; Tasker, Severine; Truyen, Uwe; Hosie, Margaret J.

Abstract

Immunocompromise is a common condition in cats, especially due to widespread infections with immunosuppressive viruses, such as feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and feline leukaemia virus (FeLV), but also due to chronic non-infectious diseases, such as tumours, diabetes mellitus, and chronic kidney disease, as well as treatment with immunosuppressive drugs, such as glucocorticoids, cyclosporins, or tumour chemotherapy. In this review, the European Advisory Board on Cat Diseases (ABCD), a scientifically independent board of experts in feline medicine from eleven European countries, discusses the current knowledge and rationale for vaccination of immunocompromised cats. So far, there are few data available on vaccination of immunocompromised cats, and sometimes studies produce controversial results. Thus, this guideline summarizes the available scientific studies and fills in the gaps with expert opinion, where scientific studies are missing. Ultimately, this review aims to help veterinarians with their decision-making in how best to vaccinate immunocompromised cats.

Keywords

feline; immunocompromise; immunosuppression; immunodeficiency; vaccine; efficacy; safety; duration of immunity; DOI

Published in

Viruses
2022, Volume: 14, number: 5, article number: 923
Publisher: MDPI

    UKÄ Subject classification

    Clinical Science

    Publication identifier

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/v14050923

    Permanent link to this page (URI)

    https://res.slu.se/id/publ/118222