Immune response

Immune response: Reaction to infection in the body.
Immunization: Helping with artificial resistance to infection.
Inbreeding: Mating of related cats.

Immune Response: The body's reaction to infection.
Immunization: To produce immunity in, as by inoculation.
Innate: Possessed at birth; inborn ...

The immune response
What are antigens? Antigens are molecular structures on the surfaces of such particles as bacteria, viruses, and pollens. Antigens are recognized by the body as 'foreign' and stimulate the body to defend itself against them.

Some cats never become infected, either because they mount a strong immune response or because they were not exposed to the virus for a long or constant enough period of time.

The ability of a particular vaccine brand to induce an immune response sufficient to resist persistent viremia varies from study to study.

Immunologic mechanism likely: abnormal immune response to the system
May occur secondary to a hypersensitivity reaction to sulfas, cephalosporins, lincomycin, erythromycin, and penicillins, ...

Many commonly given kitten shots also protect against Chlamydia. For the best immune response, the kitten shots are given at three- or four-week intervals from age 7 or 9 weeks to age 14 or 16 weeks.

See also: Virus, Bacteria, Veterinarian, Parasite, Leukemia