Table 3.
Signalment, lesion distribution, p16 immunolocalisation and Felis catus papillomavirus (FcaPV) type assessed by ΔΔCq analysis in cats with diagnoses of viral plaque (VP), Bowenoid in situ carcinoma (BISC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and actinic keratosis (AK)
| Case number |
Diagnosis | Breed | Age (years) | Sex | Lesion distribution |
p16 | FcaPV type |
2−ΔΔCq* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VP | DSH | 10 | M | Flank | + | 2 | 119 |
| 2 | VP | Persian | 15 | F | Groin | + | 2 | 53 |
| 3 | VP | DSH | 9 | M | Nose | + | 1 | 72 |
| 4 | VP | Maine Coon | 10 | F | Nose | + | 2 | 271 |
| 5 | BISC | DSH | 10 | F | Flank | + | − | |
| 6 | BISC | Maine Coon | 6 | M | Shoulder | + | 4 | 5836 |
| 7 | BISC | DSH | 13 | M | Nose | + | − | |
| 8 | BISC | DSH | 13 | F | Nose | + | 1 | 49 |
| 9 | BISC | DSH | 9 | F | Temporal | + | − | |
| 10 | BISC | DSH | 20 | F | Dorsal | + | ND | |
| 11 | BISC | DSH | 15 | M | Temporal | + | 2–4 | 224–331 |
| 12 | BISC | DSH | 15 | M | Nose | + | − | |
| 13 | BISC | DSH | 16 | F | Shoulder | + | − | |
| 14 | BISC | DSH | 12 | M | Ear | + | − | |
| 15 | BISC | DSH | 12 | M | Dorsum | + | 2 | 172 |
| 16 | BISC | DSH | 8 | F | Temporal | + | 1–2 | 58–167 |
| 17 | BISC | DSH | 10 | F | Temporal | + | − | |
| 18 | BISC | Persian | 15 | M | Eyelid | + | 2 | 211 |
| 19 | BISC | DSH | 10 | F | Ear | + | − | |
| 20 | BISC | DSH | 7 | F | Flank | + | − | |
| 21 | BISC | DSH | 10 | M | Nose | + | 2 | 159 |
| 22 | BISC | DSH | 15 | M | Shoulder | + | − | |
| 23 | BISC | DSH | 12 | M | Nose | + | 1–2 | 71–326 |
| 24 | BISC | DSH | 10 | M | Flank | + | − | |
| 25 | SCC | DSH | 9 | F | Ear | +/− | − | |
| 26 | SCC | DSH | 8 | M | Nose | +/− | − | |
| 27 | SCC | DSH | 15 | F | Ear | +/− | − | |
| 28 | SCC | DSH | 10 | M | Eyelid | +/− | − | |
| 29 | AK | DSH | 11 | F | Ear | +/− | − |
*
Indicates the fold change of FcaPV viral genomes normalised to albumin (ALB) compared with the negative control group (SCC and AK)
DSH = domestic shorthair; M = male; F = female; ND = not determined