Prevalence of selected infectious organisms and comparison of two anatomic sampling sites in shelter cats with upper respiratory tract disease.
In order to describe the isolation rates of potential pathogens and to compare anatomic sampling site suitability, nasal and pharyngeal swabs were taken from cats with acute clinical upper respiratory disease in a humane society. DNA of feline herpesvirus-1 was amplified from 51 of 52 cats sampled, Mycoplasma species were cultured or detected by PCR in samples from 34 of 42 cats sampled for both culture and PCR, and Bordetella bronchiseptica was isolated from three of 59 cats sampled for aerobic culture. A single swab was positive for calicivirus and no swabs were positive for Chlamydophila felis. Mycoplasma, Pasteurella and Moraxella species were all isolated from at least one cat in which no primary pathogen was identified. With the exception of B. bronchiseptica, which was detected in nasal swabs only, recovery rates for all suspect primary pathogens were comparable between sampling sites.
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Campus Delivery 1620, Fort Collins, CO 80523, United States. jveir@colostate.edu
Julia K
JK
Veir
Rebecca
R
Ruch-Gallie
Miranda E
ME
Spindel
Michael R
MR
Lappin
D000818:Animals; D001885:Bordetella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D016950:Bordetella bronchiseptica / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D017927:Calicivirus, Feline / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000821:virology; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D010614:Pharynx / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D015995:Prevalence; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology