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    Prevalence of feline immunodeficiency virus and feline leukemia virus in shelter cats in Estonia and in Finland: retrospective survey from 2019-2023
    (Eesti Maaülikool, 2025) Åman, Annika Rosa Katariina; Jeremejeva, Julia (advisor); Orro, Toomas (advisor); Chair of Clinical Veterinary Medicine
    Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) are infectious diseases of felines. These retroviral diseases occur worldwide and cause immune suppression in domestic and wild cats. These diseases are mainly transmitted via saliva when cats fight, and therefore older intact male cats having access outdoors, are in higher risk for having these infections. Diagnosis is mainly based on point-of-care (POC) tests taken from blood. There is no effective vaccine available in Europe, but testing cats with higher risks is important for detecting the FIV- or FeLV- positive cats. The aim of this study was to find out the prevalence of FIV and FeLV in shelter cats in Estonia and in Finland with retrospective survey. Information from 2296 FIV and FeLV tested cats from years 2019-2023 was received from 5 different animal welfare associations and animal shelter. 912 cats from Finland and 1384 cats from Estonia. The results from this study found out high prevalence of FIV (19.73%) in Estonia (95% CI 17.66; 21.92), where 273 cats were tested positive. Prevalence of FIV in Finland was (1.56%) where 14 cats were tested positive (95% CI 0.84; 2.56). Prevalence of FeLV was 0.11% (95% CI 0.0; 0.61) in Finland (1/912) and 1.30% (95% CI 0.77; 2.05) in Estonia (18/1384). Previous studies have given results with low prevalence of FIV in northern Europe, therefore further studies with bigger population size and confirming the test result with other test methods would be beneficial for finding out the real situation of these transmissible diseases of cats in Estonia and in Finland.