Infectious Diseases

• These are the diseases that are covered by vaccinations, including rabies, feline lukemia (FeLV) and feline infectious peritonitis.
  
  

Bacterial Diseases

• These can be caught eating spoiled food or having a wound become infected. They include tetanus, salmonella, tularemia, tuberculosis and feline infectious anemia.
  
  

Viral Diseases

• These are highly contagious to other cats and are usually spread through contact with a sick cat. These diseases include feline viral respiratory diseases, feline panlukopenia (also called feline distemper) and feline infectious peritonitis.
  
  

Feline Heartworm Disease

• This can be easily prevented with heartworm medication. Heartworms are passed through mosquito bites.
  
  

Lyme Disease

• This is a potentially fatal diseased passed from ticks, usually deer ticks but dog ticks can transmit it, too and they often bite cats.