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Table 1 Cat blood samples were collected in Japan from 1 June to 31 July, 2020

From: Guest edited collection serological study of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in japanese cats using protein-A/G-based ELISA

	Prefecture								Total
	Tokyo	Chiba	Kanagawa	Osaka	Kyoto	Aichi	Shizuoka	Iwate	Total
No. veterinary clinics	20	30	19	5	13	7	6	1	101
No. samples	420	479	317	42	235	253	208	15	1,969
Serum	277	369	275	35	213	173	151	15	1,508
Plasma	143	110	42	7	22	80	57	0	461
Age (mean ± SD)	8.06 ± 4.69	7.47 ± 5.30	8.61 ± 5.06	7.03 ± 4.55	6.75 ± 4.48	7.70 ± 4.50	7.94 ± 4.67	10.09 ± 5.95	7.70 ± 4.93
Sex
Male	33	46	17	8	19	37	18	3	181
Castrated male	182	191	148	18	94	71	93	6	803
Female	33	46	19	3	32	54	18	1	206
Spayed female	172	196	133	13	90	91	79	5	779
Animal holding size
Single	277	278	186	24	126	148	113	9	1,161
Multiple	134	182	131	18	99	102	88	6	760
Unknown	9	19	0	0	10	3	7	0	48
Housing conditions
Indoors only	396	409	291	40	208	190	167	13	1,714
Indoors–outdoors	19	38	22	2	13	19	26	2	141
Outdoors only	5	32	4	0	14	44	15	0	114
Clinical sign
High fever (≥ 39.0 °C)	103	23	17	1	5	11	4	2	166
Respiratory clinical signs	29	25	21	0	9	13	7	5	109
GI clinical signs	50	63	43	4	25	35	18	6	244

*GI Gastrointestinal
The gastrointestinal symptoms included abdominal pain, belching, stomachache, bloating, loss of appetite, vomiting, abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhoea, and/or melena.

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