EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF CATS DIAGNOSED WITH FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRAL (FeLV) AT A VETERINARY CLINIC IN THE CITY OF TOLEDO, PARANÁ

Abstract

This work aimed to carry out an epidemiological and retrospective survey of the main hematological changes in FeLV cases in a private clinic in the city of Toledo/PR. For the development of this study, 702 medical records of felines treated at a clinic in the city of Toledo were evaluated. /PR during the period from June 2022 to August 2023. Of these, 480 were tested for FeLV, with 94 animals being positive. Regarding prevalence, 19.58% (94/480) of the animals tested were positive for FeLV. Epidemiologically, the animals treated and with a positive diagnosis were subdivided into four groups, castrated males representing 16.93% (31/183), uncastrated males 30.86% (25/81), castrated females 14.19% ( 22/155) and non-castrated females 26.22% (16/61). Only 40.42% (38/94) of FeLV-positive animals received polyvalent vaccination. Regarding the incidence of FIV, among the 480 felines tested, 9 were positive only for FIV and 7 animals were positive for FIV and FeLV at the same time.