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Vet Rec ; 156(21): 669-73, 2005 May 21.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15908495

ABSTRACT

A full history of the management practices and the prevalence of upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) at 218 rescue shelters, breeding establishments and private households with five or more cats was recorded. Oropharyngeal and conjunctival swabs and blood samples were taken from 1748 cats. The prevalences of feline herpesvirus (FHV), feline calicivirus (FCV), Chlamydophila felis and Bordetella bronchiseptica were determined by PCR on swab samples. An ELISA was applied to determine the prevalence of antibodies to B. bronchiseptica. The rates of detection by PCR of each pathogen in the cats in catteries with and without ongoing URTD were, respectively, FHV 16 per cent and 8 per cent; FCV 47 per cent and 29 per cent; C. felis 10 per cent and 3 per cent; and B. bronchiseptica 5 per cent and 1.3 per cent; the seroprevalences of B. bronchiseptica were 61 per cent and 41 per cent, respectively. There was evidence that FHV, FCV and B. bronchiseptica played a role in URTD. The risk factors associated with the disease were less than excellent hygiene, contact with dogs with URTD, and larger numbers of cats in the cattery or household.


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Cat Diseases/epidemiology , Respiratory Tract Infections/veterinary , Animals , Bordetella Infections/epidemiology , Bordetella Infections/veterinary , Bordetella bronchiseptica/immunology , Bordetella bronchiseptica/isolation & purification , Caliciviridae Infections/epidemiology , Caliciviridae Infections/veterinary , Calicivirus, Feline/immunology , Calicivirus, Feline/isolation & purification , Case-Control Studies , Cat Diseases/microbiology , Cat Diseases/virology , Cats , Chlamydophila/immunology , Chlamydophila/isolation & purification , Chlamydophila Infections/epidemiology , Chlamydophila Infections/veterinary , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/methods , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay/veterinary , Europe/epidemiology , Female , Herpesviridae/immunology , Herpesviridae/isolation & purification , Herpesviridae Infections/epidemiology , Herpesviridae Infections/veterinary , Hygiene , Male , Multivariate Analysis , Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods , Polymerase Chain Reaction/veterinary , Population Density , Prevalence , Respiratory Tract Infections/epidemiology , Respiratory Tract Infections/microbiology , Respiratory Tract Infections/virology , Risk Factors , Vaccination/veterinary
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