Korean Journal of Veterinary Service (한국동물위생학회지)

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Cat diseases diagnosed in Korea, 2015~2017

  • Jung, Ji-Youl (Animal Disease Diagnostic Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency) ;
  • Lee, Kyunghyun (Animal Disease Diagnostic Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency) ;
  • Choi, Eun-Jin (Animal Disease Diagnostic Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency) ;
  • Lee, Hyunkyoung (Animal Disease Diagnostic Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency) ;
  • Moon, Bo Youn (Animal Disease Diagnostic Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency) ;
  • Kim, Ha-Young (Animal Disease Diagnostic Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency) ;
  • So, ByungJae (Animal Disease Diagnostic Division, Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency)
  • Received : 2018.05.14
  • Accepted : 2018.06.18
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

There has recently been a growing demand for pathodiagnosis to determine the cause of death in cats. We retrospectively analyzed the diseases diagnosed in cats that were submitted to Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA) in 2015~2017. Overall diagnostic rate in feline samples was 85.2% (n=104/122). Among diagnosed cases, infectious diseases (n=63) were responsible for most of the feline diseases and feline panleukopenia (n=29) were most prevalent. Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N6 was first diagnosed in cats at the end of December 2016 in the HPAI outbreaks. One case in 2015, 4 cases in 2016, and 14 cases in 2017 were associated with animal abuse, such as trauma and poisoning. These results suggest that suitable vaccination of feline infectious diseases, monitoring of the susceptible domestic animals during HPAI outbreaks, and interest on veterinary forensics to prevent and determine animal abuse are needed.

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