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Volume 10 (1) : 42-54, 2006. Redacted extensively 2018.
Prevalence of feline immunodeficiency virus
(FIV) and/or feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) in cats with chronic gingivitis.
Daniel
AGT, Haipek K, Reche
Jr
Department of Medical
Clinics, Faculdade de Medicina
Veterinária e Zootecnia,
University of São Paulo, Brazil
ABSTRACT
Daniel AGT, Haipek K, Reche Jr A., Prevalence of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)
and/or the feline leukemia virus (FeLV) in cats with
chronic gingivitis, Online J Vet Res, 10(1):42-54, 2006 . A main odontological
problem in felines are
chronic untreatable gingivitis or
stomatitis and pharyngitis. The affection may be exacerbated by feline
Immunodeficiency (FIV) and feline leukemia (FeLV)
viruses. Currently, glucocorticoids are used to control chronic gingivitis in
cats but their immunosuppressive effects limit their use. We report prevalence
of FIV and FeLV in cats with chronic gingivitis to
establish a relation between these diseases. In this study, 35 cats, female and
male, with severe chronic gingivitis were tested for FIV and FeLV viruses. Eighteen (51%) of these animals were
serologically positive for FIV. Our results suggest that there is a correlation
between chronic gingivitis cases and FIV.
KEYWORDS: Cat, Gingivitis, Immunodeficiency,
FIV
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