TABLE 1.

Profiles of dogs and cats with sera that reacted to R. japonica antigen with titers of 1:40 or more^a

Animal	IFA titer of antibodies to antigen from:				Prefecture	Age (yr)	Breed	Sex	Present or past illness(es) or condition(s)
	R. japonica	R. helvetica	R. asiatica	R. tamurae
D1	80	<40	<40	<40	Niigata	13	Beagle	F	Mammary gland tumor
D2	80	<40	<40	<40	Mie	2	Shiba	F	None
D3	80	40	<40	<40	Osaka	12	Mix	M	Diabetes mellitus
D4	40	<40	<40	<40	Niigata	3	Pomeranian	F	Otitis externa
D5	40	<40	<40	<40	Wakayama	3	Mix	F	Anemia
D6	40	<40	<40	<40	Tokushima	7	Mix	F	Heart failure
D7	40	<40	<40	<40	Kagawa	9	Mix	M	Testis tumor
D8	40	<40	<40	<40	Fukuoka	8	Mix	F	None
D9	320	320	160	320	Mie	14	Mix	F	Insect bite
D10	320	80	160	320	Kochi	5	Mix	M	Filariasis
D11	320	160	80	80	Nagasaki	9	Mix	F	IVDP
D12	80	80	80	<40	Mie	5	Toy poodle	M	Otitis externa, diarrhea
D13	80	40	80	40	Hyogo	9	German shepherd	M	None
D14	40	40	<40	<40	Chiba	13	Mix	F	None
D15	40	<40	40	40	Kanagawa	2	Miniature dachshund	M	None
D16	40	40	<40	<40	Kagawa	8	Beagle	M	Filariasis
D17	40	<40	<40	80	Mie	11	Great Pyrenees	M	Otitis externa
C1	80	40	80	40	Hyogo	7	Mix	M	FIV infection
C2	80	40	80	40	Miyazaki	17	Mix	F	Renal failure
C3	40	40	<40	<40	Chiba	11	Mix	M	Head tilt
C4	40	<40	<40	80	Mie	10	Mix	M	None
C5	40	<40	<40	80	Mie	8	Mix	M	Flea dermatitis
D18	40	<40	<40	160	Shizuoka	2	Cocker spaniel	M	None
D19	40	40	40	320	Wakayama	11	Maltese	M	Wound
D20	80	640	320	640	Yamaguchi	6	Akita	M	Filariasis

^aAnimal designations D1 to D20 represent dogs and C1 to C5 represent cats. Titers of ≥40 are listed in bold. F, female; M, male; IVDP; intervertebral disk protrusion; FIV, feline immunodeficiency virus.