Abstract
This study retrospectively investigated the seroprevalence of the feline leukemia virus (FeLV) antigen and the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) antibody, as well as the prevalence of stomatitis and lymphoma in cats admitted to Kurayoshi Animal Medical Center/Yamane Animal Hospital (Japan), based on medical records over the past 10 years. The 10-year average FeLV and FIV prevalence was 15.1% and 17.5%, respectively. Stomatitis was observed in 11.4% of the FIV/FeLV-negative group, 20.8% of the FeLV-positive group, 27.6% of the FIV-positive group, and 37.5% of the FIV/FeLV-positive group. Lymphoma was present in 0.6%, 16.4%, 2.6%, and 2.1% of the FIV/FeLV-negative, FeLV-positive, FIV-positive, and FIV/FeLV-positive cats, respectively. The mean age of the cats at the time of death in the FIV/FeLV-negative, FeLV-positive, FIV-positive, and FIV/FeLV-positive groups was 9.2, 4.2, 9.6, and 7.0 years, respectively.
