title: [The significance of FeLV infection for diseases in necropsied cats].
abstract: Persistent FeLV infection was demonstrated in more than 3000 necropsied cats by an immunohistological method. The findings were associated with the diagnoses established by means of post-mortem examination, histopathological, bacteriological, virological, and parasitological investigations. Statistically significant differences between FeLV-positive and FeLV-negative cats in the relative risk for certain lesions could be demonstrated for the first time. As a consequence, the importance of FeLV infection for the development of certain lesions in cats is to be seen under new aspects for some diagnoses. The relative risk for development of anemia, e.g., is only slightly increased in FeLV-positive animals whereas the relative risk for focal myocardial necrosis and coccidiosis is elevated tremendously in these cats. The relative risk for some lesions and diagnoses is much higher in FeLV-negative cats than in FeLV-positive animals. This is true, e.g., for myocardiopathy and hemorrhagic cystitis.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Veterinär-Pathologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reinacher
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wittmer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koberstein
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Failing
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001344:Autopsy / Q000662:veterinary; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D005256:Leukemia Virus, Feline; D008297:Male; D012192:Retroviridae Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*
vernacular_title: Untersuchungen zur Bedeutung der FeLV-Infektion für Erkrankungen bei Sektionskatzen.