Correlation of feline immunodeficiency virus status and the severity of feline chronic gingivostomatitis

Authors

  • Reginaldo Pereira de Sousa Filho Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária
  • Keytyanne de Oliveira Sampaio Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária
  • Didier Quevedo Cagnini Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Assis Rubens Montenegro Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária
  • Mariana Araújo Rocha Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária
  • Janaina Serra Azul Monteiro Evangelista Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária
  • Marina Gabriela Monteiro Carvalho Mori da Cunha Katholiek Universiteit Leuven; Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Departamento de Desenvolvimento e Regeneração, Laboratório de Cirurgia Experimental

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.2018.143345

Keywords:

Feline ulcerative stomatitis, Lymphocytic-plasmacytic stomatitis, Glossitis, Inflammation

Abstract

Feline chronic gingivostomatitis (FCGS) is a challenge for the veterinary practitioner since its etiology and treatments are still undefined. The present paper investigated the role of the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) in the severity of the FCGS. Oral mucosal biopsies obtained from 19 cats with FCGS were divided into two groups according to their FIV serology status. Later, the clinical lesion score was correlated with the histopathological grade of FCGS lesions and the degree of immunostaining in both groups. Most of the animals had significant histological changes; however, no correlation with FIV immunostaining intensity was observed. It was concluded that the presence of FIV infection or the animal’s seropositivity status does not seem to interfere with the severity of clinical signs nor the degree of histopathological changes when compared to the seronegative group.

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2018-11-06

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Correlation of feline immunodeficiency virus status and the severity of feline chronic gingivostomatitis. (2018). Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science, 55(3), e143345. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.2018.143345