Original scientific paper

Helicobacter spp. infection and gastric lesions in domestic and stray cats

Baharak Akhtardanesh ; Department of Small Animal Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tehran University, Iran
Shahram Jamshidi ; Department of Small Animal Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tehran University, Iran
Farhang Sasani ; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tehran University, Iran
Marjan Mohammadi ; Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Iran
Saeed Bokaee ; Department of Food Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tehran University, Iran
Taghi Zahraie Salehi ; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tehran University, Iran

Abstract

Gastritis is a common finding in dogs with 35% of the dogs investigated for chronic vomiting and 26% to 48% of asymptomatic dogs affected. However, the true prevalence in cats is yet to be determined. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of chronic gastritis in domestic and stray cats. The total rate was an estimated as 66.6%. Thorough histopathological studies revealed no significant association between the occurrence of chronic gastritis and age and sex in either stray or domestic cats. Gastritis was significantly more prevalent in the antrum than the gastric body and only chronic non-specific gastritis was diagnosed. The most common types of chronic non-specific gastritis were atrophic (26.3%), lympho-plasmacytic (24.6%) and hypertrophic (15.8%), respectively. In chronic gastritis cases, fibrosis and lymphoid follicles were seen in 42.1% and 31.6% of the subjects respectively, but no significant associations were observed between the type of non-specific chronic gastritis, fibrosis and occurrence of lymphoid follicles. The prevalence of gastric erosion and ulcers in cats was 19.2% and 3.5%, respectively, and there was no significant association between chronic gastritis occurrence and gastric ulceration or erosions. Cytological examination revealed GHLO colonization in 63.15% of the antrum and 77.19% of the gastric body, with no correlation with non-specific chronic gastritis in the studied subjects.

Keywords

cat; gastroscopy; histopathology; gastritis; cytology

Hrčak ID:

22252

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/22252

Publication date:

20.12.2006.

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