Types of Vaccines Licensed for Cats
and Minimum Duration of Immunity

VACCINE TYPE Adjuvanted vs.
Non-adjuvanted
CORE vs.
NON-CORE
Minimum Duration of Immunity
Panleukopenia: Modified Live (parenteral)

Panleukopenia: Killed (parenteral)

Panleukopenia: Modified Live (topical)

Non-adjuvanted

Adjuvanted

Non-adjuvanted

Core

Non-core

Non-core
7+ years

5+ years

Not known to be more than 1 year…but likely
Herpesvirus- Calicivirus: Modified Live (parenteral)
Herpesvirus- Calicivirus: Killed (parenteral)

Herpesvirus- Calicivirus: Modified Live (topical)
Non-adjuvanted

Adjuvanted

Non-adjuvanted
Core

Non-core

Non-core
5+ years

5+ years

Not known…but expected to be at least 2 years
Chlamydophila felis:  Killed

Chlamydophila felis:  Live, avirulent
Adjuvanted

Non-adjuvanted

Non-core

Non-core
1 year (maximum)
Recombinant Feline Leukemia (Needle-free administration) Non-adjuvanted

Recommended for the first year of life;   then, Non-Core thereafter 1 year
Feline Leukemia Virus:  Killed Adjuvanted

Recommended for the first year of life;  then, Non-Core thereafter
1 year
Feline Immunodeficiency
Virus
: Killed

Adjuvanted

Non-core 1 year
Feline Infectious Peritonitis:  Modified Live (topical)

Non-adjuvanted

NR Does not confer protective immunity
Bordetella bronchiseptica:  Modified Live (topical) Non-adjuvanted

Non-core 1 year
Giardia lamblia:  Killed (parenteral) Adjuvanted

NR Is not known to prevent infection

Virulent Systemic (VS) Feline Calicivirus

Adjuvanted


NR1

Not Known at this time
Recombinant Rabies:  (parenteral)

Rabies, 1-year:  Killed (parenteral)

Rabies, 3-year:  Killed (parenteral)
Non-adjuvanted

Adjuvanted

Adjuvanted
Core

Core

Core
1-year

3 years (must be administered annually)
3 years
NR = Not Generally Recommended

1 Author’s recommendation: in the last 10 years in the US and UK, fewer than 10 isolated outbreaks of VS Feline Calicivirus have
been documented (est. less than 300 cats). Routine vaccination of cats is not indicated with this vaccine.

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