Feline herpesvirus-1 (FHV-1) atau feline viral rhinotracheitis (FVR) merupakan agen penyakit saluran respirasi atas yang penting pada kucing. Hal ini disebabkan transmisi mudah. Kucing terinfeksi melalui kontak langsung dengan sekreta konjungtival oronasal dari kucing terinfeksi. Tujuan studi yaitu melihat kondisi patologi secara makroskopik dan mikroskopis diduga virus rhinotracheitis. Organ d...

Although only recently discovered, feline adrenal disorders are becoming increasingly more recognized. Feline adrenal disorders include diseases such as hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing's syndrome) and hyperaldosteronism (Conn's syndrome). The clinical signs of feline hyperadrenocorticism, which include unregulated diabetes mellitus and severe skin atrophy, are unique to the cat. Other signs of fe...

background: the sole published data on feline heartworm infection in the philippines was reported four decades ago. the study therefore endeavoured to assess and provide an update on the current status of heartworm infection in domesticated feline species using serologic and parasitological ex-amination methods. methods: a total of 46 males and 54 females cats showing clinical signs of dirofila...

"Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis" (CMt) is a hemoplasma species of felids. Recent evidence has shown that cats that overcome bacteremia may be protected from reinfection. The purposes of this study were to (1) re-inoculate ostensibly recovered cats, (2) evaluate the immune response and (3) assess CMt tissue loads. Fifteen specified pathogen-free cats were subcutaneously inoculated with CMt: 10...

Feline calicivirus (FCV) is a highly contagious pathogen of cats that can be grown in cultured cells. FCV is used as a model to study nonculturable caliciviruses, such as noroviruses. We determined the complete genome sequence of the FCV 2280 strain from the American Tissue Culture Collection.

Domestic cats endure infections by all three subfamilies of the retroviridae: lentiviruses (feline immunodeficiency virus [FIV]), gammaretroviruses (feline leukemia virus [FeLV]), and spumaretroviruses (feline foamy virus [FFV]). Thus, cats present an insight into the evolution of the host-retrovirus relationship and the development of intrinsic/innate immune mechanisms. Tetherin (BST-2) is an ...

BACKGROUND Feline models of neurologic diseases, such as lysosomal storage diseases, leukodystrophies, Parkinson's disease, stroke and NeuroAIDS, accurately recreate many aspects of human disease allowing for comparative study of neuropathology and the testing of novel therapeutics. Here we describe in vivo visualization of fine structures within the feline brain that were previously only visib...

To develop feline and canine interferons as medicine for companion animal, silkworm-baculovirus expression system was established as a manufacturing technology. Thus produced interferons were successfully cleared for a sale in commercial market. For expression of feline interferon in the silkworm, recombinant Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) was constructed carrying feline interferon cD...