Table 3.
Numbers of kittens having histopathological lesions and/or infectious agents identified by light microscopy or FISH by anatomical location
| Anatomical locationa | Group A (n = 50) |
Group Bb (n = 50) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) of kittens with abnormal histopathology | Infectious agents identified by light microscopy (no. of kittens) | No. of kittens with enteroadherent bacteria confirmed by FISH |
No. (%) kittens with abnormal histopathology | Infectious agents identified by light microscopy (no. of kittens) | No. of kittens with enteroadherent bacteria confirmed by FISH |
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| Enterococcus | E. coli | Enterococcus | E. coli | |||||
| Stomach | 2 (4) | Helicobacter (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | Sarcina (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Duodenum | 4 (8) | 3 | 0 | 1 (2) | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ileum | 3 (6) | Coccidia (2), spirochetes (2) | 7 | 0 | 13 (26) | Panleukopenia susp. (3), coccidia (2), spirochetes (1), trichomonads (1) | 6 | 6c |
| Colon | 3 (6) | Spirochetes (17), trichomonads (1), ascarid eggs (1) | 0 | 0 | 10 (20) | Spirochetes (8), trichomonads (1) | 4 | 3 |
| Total | 10/50 (20) | 21/50 (42) | 9/50 (18) | 0/50 (0) | 19/50 (38) | 13/50 (26) | 7/50 (14) | 9/50 (18) |
| Lung | 1 (2) | 7 (14) | FHV-1 susp. (1), Toxoplasma susp. (2) | NE | NE | |||
| Hepatobiliary | 4 (8) | 4 (8) | Toxoplasma susp. (1) | NE | NE | |||
| Pancreas | 0 | 1 (2) | Toxocara (1) | NE | NE | |||
| Total | 5/50 (10) | 0/50 (0) | 11/50 (22) | 4/50 (8) | ||||
a
Kittens may have had abnormal histopathology and/or infectious agents identified in more than one anatomical location.
b
susp., suspected; FHV-1, feline herpesvirus 1; NE, tissues not examined by means of FISH.
c
In two kittens, the small intestinal location of enteroadherent bacteria could not be ascribed to duodenum versus ileum.