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Risk Factors for Seropositivity to Feline Retroviruses among Owned Domestic Cats in Valdivia, Southern Chile


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1 Graduate School, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
2 Preventive Veterinary Medicine Department, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
 

We identified risk factors associated with seropositivity to feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) or feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and the association between seropositivity to these retroviruses and the presence of clinical signs. Cats under veterinary care had lower risk of FeLV seropositivity and male cats had higher risk of FIV seropositivity. FeLV seropositive animals had higher odds of non-specific clinical signs and reproductive disorders. FIV seropositive cats had higher odds of buccal alterations. These findings are useful to obtain a first approach to identifying felines that need the application of diagnostic tests for retroviral infections.

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Feline Leukaemia Virus, Feline Immunodeficiency Virus, Immunochromatography, Risk Factors, Seropositivity.
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Authors

L. Azocar-Aedo
Graduate School, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
G. Monti
Preventive Veterinary Medicine Department, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile

Abstract


We identified risk factors associated with seropositivity to feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) or feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and the association between seropositivity to these retroviruses and the presence of clinical signs. Cats under veterinary care had lower risk of FeLV seropositivity and male cats had higher risk of FIV seropositivity. FeLV seropositive animals had higher odds of non-specific clinical signs and reproductive disorders. FIV seropositive cats had higher odds of buccal alterations. These findings are useful to obtain a first approach to identifying felines that need the application of diagnostic tests for retroviral infections.

Keywords


Feline Leukaemia Virus, Feline Immunodeficiency Virus, Immunochromatography, Risk Factors, Seropositivity.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv114%2Fi07%2F1548-1553