Table 3.
Incidence of new infections and infestations for cats in a free-roaming colony living in the RIOZOO in Brazil that tested negative for the given pathogen the previous year(s)
| Percentage of animals positive (number positive/number sampled) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Anemiaa | FIV | FeLV | Cytauxzoon spp. | Mycoplasma spp. | Toxoplasma gondii | Felicola subrostratus | Ctenocephalides felis |
| 2003 | ND | 62.5 (5/8) | 18.8 (3/16) | 50.0 (5/10) | 42.9 (6/14) | – (0) | 4.8 (1/21) | 62.5 (10/16) |
| 2004 | ND | 66.7 (8/12)b | 50.0 (11/22)c | 58.8 (10/17) | 78.6 (11/14)c | 11.1 (1/9)c | 39.1 (9/23) | 50.0 (3/6) |
ND: not done; FIV: feline immunodeficiency virus; FeLV: feline leukemia virus.
a
Anemia = hematocrit value <24%.
b
Includes two cats negative in 2002 and not tested in 2003.
c
Includes one cat negative in 2002 and not tested in 2003.