OBJECTIVE To identify associations between microbes and host genes in cats with feline chronic gingivostomatitis (FCGS), a debilitating inflammatory oral mucosal disease no known cause, compared healthy periodontitis (control cats). ANIMALS 19 control 23 FCGS. PROCEDURES At least 1 caudal swab specimen was obtained from each cat. Each underwent unbiased metatranscriptomic next-generation RNA se...

This study translated and validated the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) in a Palestinian context. The FCV-19S is newly emerging internationally standardized measure of anxiety related to being exposed or contracting COVID-19. research begins to identify factors that affect this phenomenon including gender (with females having more fear than males), education...

Serum samples from 18 pumas (Puma concolor), one ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), and two little spotted cats (Leopardus tigrinus) collected from free-ranging animals in Brazil between 1998 and 2004 were tested by indirect immunofluorescence (IFA) for antibodies to feline herpesvirus 1 (FHV 1), calicivirus (FCV), coronavirus (FCoV), parvo-virus (FPV), Ehrlichia canis, Anaplasma pha-gocytophilum, an...

Eight native speakers of American English each produced ten tokens of all possible CV, FCV, and VFCV utterances with V = [a] or [u], F = [s] or [integral of], and C = [t] or [k]. Acoustic analysis showed that the formant transition onsets following the stop consonant release were systematically influenced by the preceding fricative, although there were large individual differences. In particula...

After consideration of detailed measurements of normal aortic valves the shape of the fascial component adopted was a frustum (horizontal section of a cone). This affords sufficient tissue for natural cusp configuration without shaping, overcoming the difficulty of cusp disproportion and allowing natural variation in individual cusp size. In the open position the valve's cross-sectional area pr...

Incidences of major feline viral diseases provide basic information for preventing disease in cats. Despite the growing interest diseases, sero-surveillances have been lacking. In this study, we analyzed diagnoses and conducted a sero surveillance panleukopenia virus (FPV), calicivirus (FCV), herpesvirus-1 (FHV-1), infectious peritonitis (FIPV) Korean Of 204 confirmed cases since 2015, numbers ...

Serum samples from a total of 44 wildcats, 28 margays (Leopardus wiedii), 10 ocelots (Leopardus pardalis), four jaguaroundis (Herpailurus yaguaroundi), one oncilla (Leopardus tigrina), and one jaguar (Panthera onca) were obtained between January 2001 and August 2002 from the Profelis Centre for rehabilitation of wild felids, located in the northwestern region of Costa Rica. Forty three samples ...

While the importance of viral infections is well studied in domestic cats, only limited information is available on their occurence and prevalence in the European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris). The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of antibodies to feline coronavirus (FCoV), calicivirus (FCV), herpesvirus (FHV), parvovirus (FPV), immunodeficiency virus (FIV), leukemia vi...