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Seroprevalence of FeLV and FIV Infections in Domestic Cats in Korea  

Park Soo-won (College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Lee Doo-hyung (College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Ko Young-hwan (College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Hong Ji-hyun (College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
Lee Chang-woo (College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University)
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Journal of Veterinary Clinics / v.22, no.1, 2005 , pp. 1-5 More about this Journal
Abstract
Seroprevalence of feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) infections were surveyed in 875 domestic cats derived from 4 major cities and 4 provinces in Korea. Of those tested, 715 were healthy and 160 were sick. FeLV and FIV were tested with AGEN/sup ⓡ/ FeLV-FIV, a commercial combo test kit. Ten out of 875 cats (1.1 %) were seropositive for FeLV and none out of 875 cats (0%) was positive for FIV, respectively. The positive rates for FeLV were 3.8% in sick cats and 0.6% in healthy cats. The cats at the age of more than 1 year showed higher incidence rates than the younger ones. There were no significant relationships either with the environment or with the sex. The prevalence of seropositive FeLV was 0.7% in mixed cats and 1.6% in pedigree cats. With respect to the regional prevalence of the FeLV, the highest seroprevalence (9.5%) was found in Gyeongsang province.
Keywords
FeLV; FIV; domestic cat; Korea; seroprevalence;
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