Abstract
<p>Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) is one of the main retrovirus diseases of the Felidae family causing the death to the subjects. Therefore, there is a diagnostic and preventive interest regarding the animal health. This article aims to determine the infection prevalence due to FeLV after a p27 antigen serodiagnostic test applied in four towns in the southern Valle del Aburrá, Colombia, using the records of the diagnostic centers in each area. A descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective study was conducted for the period 2013-2015, in which 1718 diagnostic tests from home felines were reviewed. These cases were from the urban area of Medellín, Envigado, Sabaneta and Caldas making part in the clinical diagnostic centers of the Valle de Aburrá. The FeLV diagnosis was conducted in serum samples with commercial immunoessay ELISA (IDEXX Laboratories©, Snap Combo Plus®, Maine, EUA). Data were processed in Statgraphics Centurión XV and statistical tests Ji2 and Tukey were conducted. Out of the total samples, 376 (21.89 %) were positive to p27 antigen for FeLV. The infected animals were from 2 to 36 months old. There was a higher prevalence among home races with short hair (SHR) and males. The FeLV prevalence percentage in the study was 21.88%, a figure with epidemiological significance in the southern Valle de Aburrá, Antioquia Province, Colombia</p>References
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Keywords
epidemiology
morbidity
feline leukemia virus