Cryptosporidium species screening using Kinyoun technique in domestic cats with diarrhea.
Cryptosporidium is a coccidian that can lead to diarrhea, especially in immunosuppressed individuals. Retroviruses are considered a primary cause of immunosuppression in cats. Fecal specimens and blood collected from the 60 cats were evaluated for the presence of acid-fast cryptosporidia in three consecutive stool samples and for feline leukemia virus (FeLV) antigen and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) antibody by ELISA testing. Five animals (8.33%) shedding oocysts were found, one was both FIV- and FeLV-negative and four were FeLV-positive.
Department of Veterinary Medicine and Pathology, Veterinary College, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil. fran.lemos@yahoo.com.br
Francesca
F
de Oliveira Lemos
Nádia Pereira
NP
Almosny
Ana Maria Barros
AM
Soares
Nayro Xavier
NX
Alencar
D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000821:virology; D002415:Cats; D002498:Centrifugation / Q000662:veterinary; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016089:Immunodeficiency Virus, Feline / Q000276:immunology; D005256:Leukemia Virus, Feline / Q000276:immunology; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000662:veterinary; D012192:Retroviridae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary
D000956:Antigens, Viral