TY  - JOUR
T1  - Survey of Feline Influenza and Feline Leukemia Virus Infection in Local Breed Cats of Bangladesh
AU - Islam, Md. Aminul AU - Rahman, M.S. AU - Rony, S.A. AU - Uddin, M.J. AU - Rahman, A.K.M.A. AU - Islam, M.T. AU - Islam, M. Ariful 
JO  - International Journal of Tropical Medicine
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
SP  - 98
EP  - 102
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-3319
DO  - ijtmed.2012.98.102
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ijtmed.2012.98.102
KW  - Prevalence
KW  -feline influenza
KW  -feline leukemia
KW  -cats
KW  -rapid test
AB  - Feline Influenza Virus (FInV) and Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) 
  are two important viruses causing cat flu and neoplastic disease all over the 
  world, respectively but to the knowledge, there is no epidemiological survey 
  report available for these two killer diseases in cat in Bangladesh. Therefore, 
  the present study was aimed to determine the prevalence of FInV and FeLV infection 
  through an epidemiologic survey in selected areas of Bangladesh. For this purpose, 
  a total 60 randomly selected cats consisting of 48 pet and 12 stray cats at 
  Tangail district in Bangladesh during May to October, 2009 were used. Nasal 
  swab and blood sample were collected from all cats and tested by commercial 
  rapid RapiGEN<SUP>&reg;</SUP> Feline Influenza Virus (FInV) Ag Test kit and 
  RapiGEN<SUP>&reg;</SUP> Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) Ag Test kit, respectively 
  following the manufacturer&#146;s (RapiGEN Inc., Korea) instructions. Results 
  revealed the overall prevalence of feline influenza and feline leukemia recorded 
  5.0 and 1.67%, respectively in cats. There was no significant relationship between 
  the diseases (FInV and FeLV) and different variables. However, the knowledge 
  of the status of FInV and FeLV in cats in the study area will be helpful to 
  undertake preventive measures for FInV and FeLV infection.
ER  -