Clinical Classification of Feline Leukemia Virus Infection

In order to clarify the characteristics of anemia in feline leukemia virus positive cats, a total of 267 cats were classified pathologically and pathophysiologically. 224 of the cats with enough data were divided into two groups, i.e a hyperplastic anemia group and a hypoplastic anemia group. The tw...

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Published inJournal of Animal Clinical Medicine Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 81 - 85
Main Authors SHIMODA, Tetsuya, MASHITA, Tadahisa, MATSUKAWA, Takuya, NAKANISHI, Jyun, IWAMOTO, Takehiro, HASEGAWA, Atsuhiko
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japanese Society of Clinical Veterinary Medicine 2001
Subjects
anemia
cat
feline leukemia virus (FeLV)
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Summary:In order to clarify the characteristics of anemia in feline leukemia virus positive cats, a total of 267 cats were classified pathologically and pathophysiologically. 224 of the cats with enough data were divided into two groups, i.e a hyperplastic anemia group and a hypoplastic anemia group. The two categories were defined tentatively in this study according to the percentage of reticulocytes. Twenty-seven cats fell into the hyperplastic anemia group, and the other 197 cats into the hypoplastic anemia group, including 26 cases of secondary anemia. There was a tendency for cats with more severe symptomes to be categorized as having macrocytic anemia.
ISSN:1344-6991
1881-1574
DOI:10.11252/dobutsurinshoigaku.10.81