作者
ET Bell, JALML Toribio, JD White, R Malik, JM Norris
发表日期
2006/3/1
期刊
Australian veterinary journal
卷号
84
期号
3
页码范围
74-81
出版商
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
简介
Objectives To establish the seroprevalence of Feline Coronavirus (FCoV) infection in two defined groups of cats in Sydney: owned and feral cats; ii) to identify factors associated with an increased risk of infection with FCoV; and iii) to establish the seroprevalence and FCoV antibody titres of owned cats with immunohistochemically confirmed feline infectious peritonitis (FIP).
Design Prospective multi‐institutional cross sectional study.
Procedure Serum samples from owned cats presented to three inner city veterinary clinics in Sydney and feral cats from a colony in South Western Sydney over an 11‐month period were tested for FCoV antibodies using the Immunocomb test kit. The relationship between serological score and six major factors (breed, age, gender, number of cats per household, living environment and health status) in the owned cat sample population was analysed and compared to cats with FIP …
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