FREQUENCY OF THE VIRUS OF THE FELINE LEUKEMIA (FeLV) IN DOMESTIC FELINES (Felis catus) SEMI-DOMICILED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF PELOTAS AND RIO GRANDE

• Autor(a) principal: Meinerz, Ana Raquel Mano
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Antunes, Tatiana de Ávila, de Souza, Lorena Leonardo, Nascente, Patrícia da Silva, de Faria, Renata Osório, Cleff, Marlete Brum, Gomes, Fabiane Resende, Nobre, Márcia de Oliveira, Reischak, Dilmara, Schuch, Luis Filipe Damé, Meireles, Mário Carlos Araújo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Ciência animal brasileira (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/438
• topic: Animal Saity; Sanidade animal

Considering the importance of FeLV in the feline clinic, as well as the likely agent spread from a symptomatic or asymptomatic feline bearer, this work has as objective the study of the frequency of FeLV in felines residents in the cities of the Pelotas and Rio Grande, municipalities located in the south area of Brazil. For that, the blood of 120 semi-domiciled animals was collected for the detection of the retrovirus through the Indirect Immunofluorescence technique (IFA). FeLV was detected in 38,3% (46/120) of the studied animals, representing a larger frequency considering other studies accomplished in other areas of Brazil, what confirms the importance of FeLV in the studied region.KEY WORDS: FeLV, felines, immunofluorescence, retrovirus.