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Feline leishmaniosis in the Mediterranean Basin: a multicenter study.
Parasit Vectors
August 2024
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Article Synopsis
- A study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors of Leishmania infantum infections in domestic cats across six Mediterranean countries, where canine leishmaniosis is common but limited feline data exists.
- Blood and serum samples from 2,067 cats were collected between 2019 and 2022, with a focus on various factors like age, sex, and geographical origin, and tests for L. infantum and other viral infections were performed.
- The study found that 17.3% of the cats tested positive for L. infantum, with the highest prevalence observed in Portugal (24.7%) and Greece (23.2%).
Age-dependent changes in plasma concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D may complicate vitamin D status assessment of immature cats.
Front Vet Sci
May 2024
Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States.
Background: Vitamin D deficiency and excess in clinically presented cats conventionally is diagnosed by comparison of patient plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH)D) concentration with plasma reference intervals determined in healthy adult cats. For immature cats, validity of this vitamin D status assessment method is uncertain.
Objective: The overall objective was determination of whether plasma concentration of 25 (OH) D and other vitamin D metabolites in immature cats markedly change with developmental age as has been reported in other species.
Relationship between acoustic traits of protesting cries of domestic kittens (Felis catus) and their individual chances for survival.
Behav Processes
March 2024
Department of Behaviour and Behavioural Ecology of Mammals, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospect, 33, Moscow 119071, Russia.
Domestic cat (Felis catus) mothers may rely on offspring cries to allocate resources in use of individuals with greater chances for survival and sacrifice the weak ones in case of impossibility to raise the entire large litter. Potential victims of this maternal strategy can enhance their chances of survival, by producing vocalizations with traits mimicking those of higher-quality offspring. We compared acoustic traits of 4990 cries produced during blood sampling by 57 two-week-old captive feral kittens (28 males, 29 females); 47 of them survived to 90 days of age and 10 died by reasons not related to traumas or aggression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEpidemiology and molecular characterization of Feline panleukopenia virus from suspected domestic cats in selected Bangladesh regions.
PLoS One
November 2023
Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
Feline panleukopenia (FPL) is a highly contagious cat disease and is endemic in Bangladesh. The study aims to describe the epidemiology and molecular characterization of the Feline panleukopenia virus from the suspected domestic cats in selected Bangladesh regions. Randomly, 161 rectal swabs were collected from the pet hospitals between July 2021 and December 2022.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHepatozoon species infecting domestic cats from countries of the Mediterranean basin.
Ticks Tick Borne Dis
September 2023
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Valenzano, Bari 70010, Italy; Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran. Electronic address:
Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) are caused by pathogens of human and veterinary concern representing a major public health issue worldwide. Although feline medicine has progressed much in the recent decades, data on feline TBDs (FeTBDs) remain scant. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the prevalence of apicomplexan parasite infections, associated risk factors and clinical-hematological abnormalities in domestic feline populations from countries of the Mediterranean basin.
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