Correction to: Gastrointestinal ultrasonographic findings in cats with Feline panleukopenia: a case series

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Correction to: BMC Vet Res 17, 20 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-020-02720-w The original article [1] incorrectly inverted several author names. This error has since been corrected.

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Gastrointestinal ultrasonographic findings in cats with Feline panleukopenia: a case series

Isaya Rosaria, Ciccarelli Stefano, Enache Daniela … (2021)

Background Feline panleukopenia virus (FPV) is very resistant and highly contagious and infects domestic cats and other felids. FPV is particularly widespread among sheltered cats, and is associated with high morbidity and mortality, causing severe gastroenteritis characterized by anorexia, lethargy, fever, dehydration, hemorrhagic diarrhea, and vomiting. There is currently no data on the ultrasonographic features of cats affected with FPV. This case series describes abdominal ultrasonographic findings in shelter cats with naturally-occurring FPV, and assesses whether are associated with clinical and laboratory findings. Cats affected by FPV were enrolled in the study if an abdominal ultrasound was performed within 12 hours of diagnosis. Clinical, laboratory and survival data were collected from medical records. Ultrasonographic examinations were reviewed for gastrointestinal abnormalities and their associations with the above data were explored. Results Twenty-one cats were included. Nine cats (42.9%) died and 12 (57.1%) recovered. Based on ultrasonography, the duodenum and jejunum showed thinning of the mucosal layer in 70.6% and 66.6% of cats, thickening of the muscular layer in 52.9% and 57.1% of cats, and hyperechogenicity of the mucosa in 41.2% and 33.3%. Jejunal hyperechoic mucosal band paralleling the submucosa and irregular luminal surface were both observed in 33.3% of the cats. Survival was positively associated with increased jejunal mucosal echogenicity (P = 0.003) and hyperechoic mucosal band (P = 0.003). Peritoneal free fluid was positively associated with vomiting (P = 0.002). Conclusions This study provides ultrasonographic features of naturally-occurring FPV in cats, which, as expected, are compatible with gastroenteropathy. The most frequent findings were diffuse small intestine mucosal layer thinning, muscular layer thickening and mucosal hyperechogenicity, jejunal hyperechoic mucosal band and irregular luminal surface. Ultrasonographic features may be useful to complete the clinical picture and assess the severity of the gastroenteropathy in FPV cats. Prospective studies are needed to confirm ultrasonographic prognostic factors.

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Rosaria Isaya: saraisaya1@gmail.com

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): BMC Vet Res

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): BMC Vet Res

Title: BMC Veterinary Research

Publisher: BioMed Central (London )

ISSN (Electronic): 1746-6148

Publication date (Electronic): 2 April 2021

Publication date PMC-release: 2 April 2021

Publication date Collection: 2021

Volume: 17

Electronic Location Identifier: 143

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[1 ]Istituto Veterinario di Novara, 28060 Granozzo con Monticello (NO), Italy

[2 ]GRID grid.7644.1, ISNI 0000 0001 0120 3326, Department of Veterinary Medicine, , University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, ; 70010 Valenzano, BA Italy

[3 ]GRID grid.5608.b, ISNI 0000 0004 1757 3470, Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, , University of Padova, ; Legnaro, PD Italy

[4 ]GRID grid.7400.3, ISNI 0000 0004 1937 0650, Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine, Vetsuisse Faculty, , University of Zurich, ; Winterthurerstrasse 260, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland

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Publisher ID: 2856

DOI: 10.1186/s12917-021-02856-3

PMC ID: 8019166

PubMed ID: 33810802

SO-VID: 5e60f9fd-765d-44ee-9163-396bdccaab75

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