Assessment of Ocular Lesions in a Persian Cat Concurrently Infected with Chlamydia felis, Herpesvirus and Coronavirus

Sainkaplan S., Irdem D. I., ERGİN İ.

KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, cilt.28, ss.781-784, 2022 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 28
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.9775/kvfd.2022.28026
  • Dergi Adı: KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.781-784
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Feline chlamydia, Conjunctivitis, Limbus, Sequester
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this case report, Chlamydia felis, herpesvirus and coronavirus correlations were revealed in a Persian cat with some complaints related to the eye. Upon ophthalmological examination, there was a dark brown lesion on the right corneal surface, and some clinical signs observed in the left eye resembling limbal insufficiency. As a result of ELISA test in blood, the FCoV and chlamydia antibody titers were positive at the S4 level. Chlamydia infection was confirmed by real-time PCR analysis in blood and conjunctival samples. Tear samples were found positive upon the herpesvirus antigen test. The lesions regressed after treatment, and the test results for chlamydia were negative following the 7-week treatment period.