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KMID : 1023520220450020101
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Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
2022 Volume.45 No. 2 p.101 ~ p.110
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Epidemiologic investigation of gastrointestinal pathogens for Korean cats with digestive sign
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Lee Mi-Jin
An Fu-Jin
Lee Gi-Jong
Park Jin-Ho
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Abstract
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This study was performed to investigate infectious gastrointestinal diseases in 115 Korean cats (83 indoors and 32 outdoors) with digestive signs such as diarrhea, anorexia or abdominal distention. Detection of infectious pathogens was analyzed using real-time PCR. As a result, 85 of 115 Korean cats were detected with feline corona virus (FCoV), feline parvo virus, Group A rotavirus, Clos-tridium perfringens (C. perfringens ), Campylobacter coli (C. coli ), Campylobacter jejuni , enterotoxi-genic Escherichia coli , enteropathogenic Escherichia coli , Salmonella spp., Tritrichomonas foetus , Cyclospora cayetanensis , and Giardia lamblia . The most frequently detected pathogen was C. per-fringens (52 cats, 61.2%), followed by FCoV (43 cats, 50.6%) and C. coli (16 cats, 18.8%). Also, single infection was the most common (43 cats), followed by double infection in 31 cats, triple infection in 7 cats, and quadruple infection in 4 cats. There was no significant relationship between pathogen de-tection and age, gender, living environment, weather, and diarrhea. However, there was a significant difference between the age group under 1 year and the age group 1∼7 (P value<0.05). In this study, cats with suspected gastrointestinal infection were randomly evaluated, and other factors that could affect pathogen detection were insufficiently considered. For this reason, additional epidemiological investigations with a larger number of cats and sufficient consideration of the causes that may affect the results are needed. Nevertheless, it is thought that this study can also provide valuable informa-tion on gastrointestinal pathogens in Korean cats.
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KEYWORD
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Digestive system, Korean cat, Real-time PCR, Gastrointestinal pathogens, Epidemio-logic investigation
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