Table 2.

Diseases of the cats of the control group, clinical presentation and the number of tested samples

Disease	Number of cats	Clinical signs	Number of PBMC samples	Number of serum samples	Number of cell-free body cavity effusion samples
Neoplasia (lymphoma)	20 (10)	Body cavity effusion (n = 18), neurological signs (n = 2), icterus (n = 1)	7	11	15
Decompensated cardiac disease	13	Body cavity effusion (n = 13)	3	5	11
Pancreatitis/cholangiohepatitis	3	Body cavity effusion (n = 2), icterus (n = 1)	3	2	0
Bacterial peritonitis/pleuritis	3	Body cavity effusion (n = 3), fever (n = 1),* neurological signs (n = 1)	0	0	3
Hepatolipidosis	2	Icterus (n = 2), neurological signs (n = 1)	1	2	0
Others	8	Body cavity effusion (n = 7), fever (n = 2), neurological signs (n = 2)	2	5	4

^*Fever with ⩽20,000 white blood cells/µl and ⩽1000 banded neutrophils/µl