Detection and seroprevalence of morbillivirus and other paramyxoviruses in geriatric cats with and without evidence of azotemic chronic kidney disease.

Katie Elizabeth McCallumSam StubbsNicholas HopeIan MickleburghDave DightLaurence TileyTim L Williams

Published in: Journal of veterinary internal medicine (2018)

Feline morbillivirus was detected in cats in the UK for the First time. However, there was no association between virus prevalence or seropositivity and azotemic CKD. These data do not support the hypothesis that FeMV infection is associated with the development of azotemic CKD in cats in the UK.

Keyphrases

chronic kidney disease
end stage renal disease
cross sectional
risk factors
electronic health record
real time pcr
artificial intelligence
deep learning
quantum dots
sensitive detection