Recent Epidemiological Status of Feline Upper Respiratory Infections in Japan

[摘要] References(29)Cited-By(19)Epidemiology of upper respiratory infections of cats was studied. Nasal, ocular, and oral swabs collected from 111 cats presented at animal hospitals during the past 2.5 years were examined. Twenty-four (21.6%) and 4 (3.6%) cats were diagnosed as feline calicivirus (FCV) infection and feline viral rhinotracheitis, respectively, indicating FCV is more prevalent than feline herpesvirus-1, which revealed a considerable shift from data obtained in 1970s. Cat sera immunized by using vaccines containing either FCV F9 or 255 strains neutralized 42.9% and 66.70f the FCV isolates, respectively. Chlamydia psittaci, examined by a PCR assay amplifying the ompA gene, was found in 26.90f 26 diseased cats that typically showed conjunctivitis and rhinitis.

[学科分类] 兽医学

[关键词] Chlamydia psittaci;feline calicivirus;feline herpesvirus