Rapid immunochromatography test (RICT) kits are commonly used for the diagnosis of canine parvovirus (CPV) because their rapid turnaround time, simplicity, and ease use. However, potential cross-reactivity low sensitivity can yield false-positive or false-negative results. There 4 genotypes CPV. Therefore, evaluating performance reliability RICT CPV detection is essential to ensure accurate app...

Parenteral administration of Crandell Rees feline kidney (CRFK) cell lysates or feline herpesvirus 1, calicivirus, and panleukopenia virus-containing vaccines (FVRCP) grown on CRFK cells induces antibodies against CRFK cells. These antibodies also react with feline renal cell extracts. The purpose of this study was to determine whether interstitial nephritis would be detected in cats that were ...

Feline Coronavirus (FCoV), Feline Leukaemia Virus (FeLV), Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) and Feline ParvoVirus (FPV) are significantly important viral agents in domestic and wild cats, cause prevalently immunosuppressive infections in cat population in worldwide [5, 11, 14, 17, 18, 27]. These diseases are commonly characterized by immune pathological defects such immunodeficiency, immunosu...

The pygmy raccoon (Procyon pygmaeus) of Cozumel Island, Mexico, is among the most endangered carnivores in the world, and causes of its decline are unclear. During 2002 and 2003, we sampled approximately 10% of the remaining population to survey exposure to viral and parasitic pathogens that may have contributed to population decline. We found evidence of exposure to infectious canine hepatitis...

Applying a combination of semi-nested PCR and immunohistology (IHC), the presence of exogenous feline leukemia virus infection was studied in 302 necropsied cats with various disorders. 9% showed the classical outcome of persistent productive FeLV infection which was represented by FeLV antigen expression in different organs. 152 cats (50%) harboured exogenous FeLV-specific proviral sequences i...

A 10-year-old domestic short hair cat was referred for investigation of anorexia and polydipsia of 3 days' duration. Clinically the cat was obese, pyrexic (39.8 °C), had acute abdominal pain and severe bilirubinuria. Haematology and serum biochemistry revealed severe panleukopenia, thrombocytopenia, markedly elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and five-fold increased pre-prandial bile acids...