Table 3 Prevalence and infection patterns of enteropathogens from fecal specimens in cats with diarrhea
Pathogen | Prevalence of pathogen % (n) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Single infection | Mixed infection | Co-infection | |
Feline coronavirus | 39.33 (188) | 11.27 (31) | 29.47 (600) |
C. perfringens | 26.78 (128) | 32.73 (90) | 21.95 (447) |
C. coli | 12.76 (61) | 22.18 (61) | 14.39 (293) |
Feline parvovirus | 7.11 (34) | 8.36 (23) | 7.47 (152) |
T. foetus | 2.3 (11) | 0.36 (1) | 8.6 (175) |
EPEC | 3.77 (18) | 10.18 (28) | 4.17 (85) |
Giardia lamblia | 1.46 (7) | 0.37 (1) | 5.8 (118) |
ETEC | 3.14 (15) | 5.81 (16) | 2.06 (42) |
C. jejuni | 1.26 (6) | 3.27 (9) | 1.67 (34) |
EHEC | 0.42 (2) | 1.45 (4) | 1.08 (22) |
Group A Rotavirus | 0 (0) | 2.55 (7) | 0.69 (14) |
C. parvum | 0.42 (2) | 0 (0) | 0.98 (20) |
C. cayetanensis | 0.42 (2) | 0 (0) | 0.83 (17) |
EIEC | 0.42 (2) | 0.73 (2) | 0.29 (6) |
Salmonella spp. | 0.21 (1) | 0.37 (1) | 0.25 (5) |
E. histolytica | 0.21 (1) | 0 (0) | 0.1 (2) |
Toxocara cati | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.1 (2) |
Toxoplasma gondii | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.1 (2) |
FIV | 0 (0) | 0.37 (1) | 0 (0) |
Total | 100 (478) | 100 (275) | 100 (2036) |