title: Recent epidemiological status of feline upper respiratory infections in Japan.
abstract: Epidemiology of upper respiratory infections of cats was studied. Nasal, ocular, and oral swabs collected from 111 cats presented at animal hospitals during the past 2.5 years were examined. Twenty-four (21.6%) and 4 (3.6%) cats were diagnosed as feline calicivirus (FCV) infection and feline viral rhinotracheitis, respectively, indicating FCV is more prevalent than feline herpesvirus-1, which revealed a considerable shift from data obtained in 1970s. Cat sera immunized by using vaccines containing either FCV F9 or 255 strains neutralized 42.9% and 66.7% of the FCV isolates, respectively. Chlamydia psittaci, examined by a PCR assay amplifying the ompA gene, was found in 26.9% of 26 diseased cats that typically showed conjunctivitis and rhinitis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Kyoritsu Shoji Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishida
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002139:Caliciviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002415:Cats; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D002691:Chlamydophila psittaci / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D007114:Immunization / Q000662:veterinary; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000662:veterinary