label: feline panleukopenia
label_lc: feline panleukopenia
description: A highly contagious dna virus infection of the cat family, characterized by fever, enteritis and bone marrow changes. It is also called feline ataxia, feline agranulocytosis, feline infectious enteritis, cat fever, cat plague, and show fever. It is caused by feline panleukopenia virus or the closely related mink enteritis virus or canine parvovirus.