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FELINE RESPIRATORY VIRUS CARRIERS IN CLINICALLY HEALTHY CATS
Author(s) -
Ellis T. M.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1981.tb00471.x
Subject(s) - feline calicivirus , cats , serology , virology , virus , medicine , viral shedding , respiratory system , antibody , immunology
SUMMARY In two surveys, feline calicivirus was cultured from 19.7% and 15% of 66 and 201 clinically healthy cats respectively. Feline viral rhinotracheitis virus was cultured also from 1.5% of oropharyngeal swabs collected in both surveys. Feline syncytial virus was isolated from 5.5% oropharyngeal swabs collected in the second survey. The use of serological examination and corticosteroid treatment to stimulate virus shedding demonstrated that 25.8% cats in the first survey were carriers of feline viral rhinotracheitis virus. In the second survey, mercapto‐ethanol treatment of serum was used to differentiate recent from previous infection with feline viral rhinotracheitis virus and some 18.5% cats had FVR antibody that was resistant to treatment with mercapto‐ethanol.