Correlation of feline immunodeficiency virus status and the severity of feline chronic gingivostomatitis

• Autor(a) principal: de Sousa Filho, Reginaldo Pereira
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Sampaio, Keytyanne de Oliveira, Cagnini, Didier Quevedo, Montenegro, Assis Rubens, Rocha, Mariana Araújo, Evangelista, Janaina Serra Azul Monteiro, da Cunha, Marina Gabriela Monteiro Carvalho Mori
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/143345
• topic: Feline ulcerative stomatitis; Lymphocytic-plasmacytic stomatitis; Glossitis; Inflammation; Estomatite ulcerativa felina; Estomatite linfocítica-plasmocítica; Glossite; Inflamação

Feline chronic gingivostomatitis (FCGS) is a challenge for the veterinary practitioner since its etiology and treatments are still undefined. The present paper investigated the role of the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) in the severity of the FCGS. Oral mucosal biopsies obtained from 19 cats with FCGS were divided into two groups according to their FIV serology status. Later, the clinical lesion score was correlated with the histopathological grade of FCGS lesions and the degree of immunostaining in both groups. Most of the animals had significant histological changes; however, no correlation with FIV immunostaining intensity was observed. It was concluded that the presence of FIV infection or the animal’s seropositivity status does not seem to interfere with the severity of clinical signs nor the degree of histopathological changes when compared to the seronegative group.