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Faculdade de Letras, Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science, 5(48), p. 378

DOI: 10.11606/s1413-95962011000500004

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Sorofrequência de infecção pelo vírus da imunodeficiência felina e vírus da leucemia felina em gatos do município de araçatuba, são paulo

Journal article published in 2011 by Ludmila Silva Vicente Sobrinho, Juliana Peloi Vides, Eveline Tozzi Braga, Amélia Ana Domingues Gomes, Claudio Nazaretian Rossi, Mary Marcondes ORCID
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Abstract

Feline immunodeficiency virus and feline leukemia represent important infectious diseases caused by retroviruses. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of infection by feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and feline leukemia virus (FeLV) in cats from the municipality of Araçatuba, São Paulo. Blood samples from 302 cats were collected and tested for the presence of antibodies against feline immunodeficiency virus and antigen of feline leukemia virus by ELISA ® Snap- Combo FIV-FeLV (IDEXX Laboratories). The frequency of FIV positivity was 5.63% (17/302) and of FeLV was 0.33% (1/302). Of the 17 cats infected with FIV, nine (52.94%) were symptomatic. There was a prevalence of FIV infection in males (p 0.0316) and cats aged between one and three years (p 0.0324).