ArticleJournal of feline medicine and surgery2009
Prevalence of potentially pathogenic enteric organisms in clinically healthy kittens in the UK.
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- Prevalence of enteropathogens in cats with and without diarrhea in four different management models for unowned cats in the southeast United States.Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997) · 2018Article
- Highly suspected cases of salmonellosis in two cats fed with a commercial raw meat-based diet: health risks to animals and zoonotic implications.BMC veterinary research · 2017Article
- Diagnostic accuracy of two point-of-care kits for the diagnosis of Giardia species infection in dogs.The Journal of small animal practice · 2016Article
- Enteropathogen co-infection in UK cats with diarrhoea.BMC veterinary research · 2014Article
- Molecular identification of Cryptosporidium spp. in seagulls, pigeons, dogs, and cats in Thailand.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2014Article
- Feline intestinal parasites in Finland: prevalence, risk factors and anthelmintic treatment practices.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2012Article
- Zoonotic potential and molecular epidemiology of Giardia species and giardiasis.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2011Review
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Faecal samples were collected from 57 clinically healthy kittens presented for initial vaccination, in the UK. Routine bacteriological examination identified Salmonella species in one and Campylobacter species in five samples. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detected the presence of Campylobacter species in a further four samples. Routine parasitological examination revealed Toxocara species ova in nine (including four kittens stated to have been administered an anthelmintic) and Isospora species in four samples. No Giardia or Cryptosporidium species were detected by routine methods. A Giardia species enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test kit designed for use in cats was positive in three kittens. A similar test kit designed for use in humans was negative in all samples and produced negative results even when known positive samples were tested. Potentially pathogenic enteric organisms were detected in 19 kittens by routine methods and 26 (prevalence 45%) by all methods. The high prevalence in asymptomatic kittens highlights the possibility that the detection of these organisms in kittens with gastrointestinal disease may be an incidental finding.
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