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. 2012 Dec;14(12):895-9.
doi: 10.1177/1098612X12459644. Epub 2012 Sep 14.

Prevalence of viral infections in Norwegian cats with and without feline lower urinary tract disease

Heidi Sjetne Lund  1 , Espen Rimstad, Anna Vigdís Eggertsdóttir
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Prevalence of viral infections in Norwegian cats with and without feline lower urinary tract disease

Heidi Sjetne Lund et al. J Feline Med Surg. 2012 Dec.

Abstract

The prevalence of various viral infections was examined in primary accession cases of feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD) and healthy control cats in Norway. Urine samples from 102 cats with clinical signs of FLUTD and 73 healthy control cats were tested for the presence of feline calicivirus (FCV), feline coronavirus (FCoV) and feline herpesvirus-1 (FHV-1) by polymerase chain reaction. All urinary samples were negative for FCV and FCoV. One (1%) of the FLUTD cats was found to be positive for FHV-1. The results did not indicate an association between the viral infections examined and signs of FLUTD in the study sample.

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