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Whisking away the veil: exploring feline immunodeficiency virus and feline leukaemia virus prevalence among shelter cats in Portugal
| dc.contributor.author | Afonso, Paulo | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cardoso, Luís Miguel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Quintas, Helder | |
| dc.contributor.author | Coelho, Ana Cláudia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-01T10:38:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-07-01T10:38:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and feline leukaemia virus (FeLV) are important pathogens affecting feline hosts worldwide, compromising the health, well-being, quality of life, and lifespan of infected cats. This study explores the prevalence of these viral agents among shelter cats in Portugal, aiming to un-ravel their complexities and implications. The prevalence of FIV and FeLV was assessed by collecting blood samples (n = 326) from cats during medical routine check-ups at shelter admission and testing them with an immun-ochromatographic kit. The overall seroprev-alence of FIV and FeLV was 15.3% (50/326, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 11.6–19.7). The proportion of cats positive to FIV, FeLV, and both FIV and FeLV was 9.8% (32/326, 95% CI: 6.8-13.6), 2.1% (7/326, 95% CI: 0.9-4.4) and 3.4% (11/326, 95% CI: 1.7-6.0), respectively. The prevalence of FIV and both FeLV and FIV appeared to be higher in the adult population. No statistical association was found between sex, breed, hair, or municipality, and FeLV, FIV and both FeLV and FIV prevalence. This is the first report on retroviral prevalence in shelter cats in Portugal, which provides important information regarding FIV and FeLV among stray cats in Portugal, highlighting the need for surveillance of those viruses, improved compliance with vaccination programmes, and vigilant management strategies to limit and control these viruses in the feline population. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by the projects UIDP/00772/2020 and LA/P/0059/2020, funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.citation | Afonso, Paulo; Cardoso, Luis; Quintas, Hélder; Coelho, Ana Cláudia (2024). Whisking away the veil: exploring feline immunodeficiency virus and feline leukaemia virus prevalence among shelter cats in Portugal. Veterinarska stanica. ISSN 0350-7149. 55:5, p. 503-513 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.46419/vs.55.5.1 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0350-7149 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10198/29975 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | Croatian Veterinary Institute | pt_PT |
| dc.relation | Veterinary and Animal Science Research Centre | |
| dc.relation | Associate Laboratory for Animal and Veterinary Sciences | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Cats | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | FeLV; | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | FIV | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Portugal | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | shelter | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Whisking away the veil: exploring feline immunodeficiency virus and feline leukaemia virus prevalence among shelter cats in Portugal | pt_PT |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.awardTitle | Veterinary and Animal Science Research Centre | |
| oaire.awardTitle | Associate Laboratory for Animal and Veterinary Sciences | |
| oaire.awardURI | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDP%2F00772%2F2020/PT | |
| oaire.awardURI | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/LA%2FP%2F0059%2F2020/PT | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 513 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.issue | 5 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 503 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | Veterinarska stanica | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.volume | 55 | pt_PT |
| oaire.fundingStream | 6817 - DCRRNI ID | |
| oaire.fundingStream | 6817 - DCRRNI ID | |
| person.familyName | Afonso | |
| person.familyName | Quintas | |
| person.givenName | Paulo | |
| person.givenName | Helder | |
| person.identifier | 1486884 | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | FE18-A3F5-6996 | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 6018-8BBD-80AB | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0001-6390-0194 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-6934-1669 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 35796342900 | |
| project.funder.identifier | http://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 | |
| project.funder.identifier | http://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 | |
| project.funder.name | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |
| project.funder.name | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |
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