Serologic Survey of the Feline Immunodeficiency-Virus Antibody, the Feline Leukemia-Virus Antigen, and the Feline Coronavirus Antibody in Domestic Cats

SOMA Takehisa, YASUKAWA Akio, KAI Kazushige

doi:10.12935/jvma1951.55.89

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家庭猫における猫免疫不全ウイルス抗体, 猫白血病ウイルス抗原および猫コロナウイルス抗体の陽性率
カテイネコニオケルネコメンエキフゼンウイルスコウタイネコハッケツビョウウイルスコウゲンオヨビネココロナウイルスコウタイノヨウセイリツ

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Abstract

Studies were made of the feline immunodeficiency-virus (FIV) antibody, the feline leukemia-virus (FeLV) antigen, and the feline coronavirus (FCoV) antibody in Japanese domestic cats. In cases in which pleural and peritoneal exudates led to suspicion of feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), 26.3% of the examined animals were positive for FIV and 36.8% were positive for FeLV. In cases of upper respiratory diseases, 35.7% were positive for FIV and 21.4% for FeLV. The values were higher than those for clinically healthy cats: 9.3% positive for FIV and 8.1% positive for FeLV. These findings suggest that FIV and FeLV infections may contribute to the appearance of FIP and respiratory infections. The percentage of cats positive for FCoV (47.7%) was much higher than those for FIV and FeLV in healthy cats. This suggests that FCoV is highly contagious. The extremely high prevalence of FeLV (66.7%) in anemic cats indicates that FeLV tests are indispensable diagnostic tools in dealing with cats developing anemia.

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Journal of the Japan Veterinary Medical Association

Journal of the Japan Veterinary Medical Association 55 (2), 89-93, 2002

Japan Veterinary Medical Association

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