The American Veterinary Medical Association said symptoms to watch for include a staggering gait, the inability to retract claws, extreme sensitivity to touch, tremors, and seizures. The illness usually lasts for a few days to a few weeks, but can also linger for more than a year.
You missed the important part.
It generally results in a decline that require the animal to be euthanized.
A variant of the rustrela virus – related to the wider-known rubella virus which causes a skin rash in humans – called RusV was discovered in a female mountain lion in Douglas County, Colorado last year, according to a study published in the journal, Emerging Infectious Diseases, this month.
The big cat was observed in May 2023 with lesions on her skin and signs of severe muscle weakness in her hind legs. She was also reluctant to get up and had decreased mobility.
Alerted my folks and friends with cats. Unlikely to have spread to Canada in any meaningful numbers, but best to have the knowledge and see if that can be vaccinated against
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Very unpopular opinion: good. I love cats, but they are a pest when outside as they kill the local population.
If you have a cat, don’t let them outside of your property unless you hate ecosystems.
Even more unpopular opinion.
Sprawling suburbs are much more damaging to the ecosystem than cats.
