01757nas a2200229   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260007000043653002300113653002300136653002400159100001400183700001300197700001700210700001900227700001500246245017300261300001200434490000800446520105900454022001401513       2010                            d  c09/2010bSchlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KGaHannover10afeline calicivirus10afeline herpesvirus10aBartonella henselae1 aS Belgard1 aU Truyen1 aJ-C Thibault1 aC Sauter-Louis1 aK Hartmann00aRelevance of feline calicivirus, feline immunodeficiency virus, feline leukemia virus, feline herpesvirus and Bartonella henselae in cats with chronic gingivostomatitis  a369-3760 v1233 aDespite its common occurrence, the aetiology of chronic gingivostomatitis incats remains uncertain. Aetiology is likely multifactorial, and several infectiousagents may be associated with chronic gingivostomatitis. The purpose of thisstudy was to investigate the prevalence of feline calicivirus (FCV), feline immunodeficiencyvirus (FIV), feline leukemia virus (FeLV), feline herpesvirus (FHV), andBartonella henselae (B. henselae) in cats with chronic gingivostomatitis and in anage-matched control group. In addition, other factors, e. g., environmental conditionswere investigated. In 52 cats with chronic gingivostomatitis and 50 healthyage-matched control cats, the presence of FCV ribonucleic acid (RNA), and FHVdeoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) (polymerase chain reaction [PCR] from oropharyngealswabs), and B. henselae DNA (PCR from oropharyngeal swabs and blood),as well as FeLV antigen (serum), and antibodies against FCV, B. henselae, and FIV(serum) were examined.FCV RNA was significantly more common in cats with chronic gingivostomatitis(53.8%, p  a0005-9366