[13:32, 10/05/2022] Kallie Nel: Good day. Any possible dd’s on this cheetah? Not eating well and losing condition. [13:34, 10/05/2022] Katja Koeppel: Are they vaccinated? Viral? Calicivirus? [13:34, 10/05/2022] Adrian Tordiffe: Do you have an age for the cheetah? [13:34, 10/05/2022] Zoe Glyphis: Calicivirus [13:35, 10/05/2022] Kallie Nel: 4 year old, not sure about vaccination status [13:35, 10/05/2022] Zoe Glyphis: Also worth checking kidney function [15:11, 10/05/2022] Kallie Nel: Only received rabies vaccine [19:46, 10/05/2022] Peter Rogers: Most likely Calicivirus – I see it often even if vaccines up to date. One/two shots of corticosteroids eg Kortico, plus a dose of long acting penicillin works like a bomb. Whatever you do don’t use any NSAID’s. Use Tramadol for pain. Checking kidney function is also a good idea. [07:26, 11/05/2022] Peter Caldwell: Hi this does not look like classic calicivirus ulcerations. The hard palate looks thickened and discoloured, almost granulomatous. Gerhard Steenkamp can also comment. I have seen similar lesions in lion lately and was a disseminated tumour (neoplasia). I probably would recommend some biopsies of hard palate, it looks like it could possibly be some kind of tumour, maybe run PCR on EDTA blood for calicivirus to exclude it though. [09:06, 11/05/2022] Marie-Pierre Ryser: For exclusion/detection I think the best would be PCR on oral swab [13:10, 11/05/2022] Robert Campbell: What diagnostics has been done this far? [07:57, 12/05/2022] Gerhard Steenkamp: Hallo Kallie. I agree with Peter Caldwell that this is not typical for calicivirus. Biopsy of the palate and the nodular lesions of the tongue is indicated. This of course should be done in concert with the PCR and blood tests as previously mentioned.
