Cave T A, Thompson H, Reid S W J, Hodgson D R, Addie D D
Department of Veterinary Clinical Studies, University of Glasgow Veterinary School, Bearsden.
Vet Rec. 2002 Oct 26;151(17):497-501. doi: 10.1136/vr.151.17.497.
The postmortem findings in 274 kittens were reviewed. The kittens were grouped by age at death: perinatal (< one day), neonatal (one to 14 days), preweaning (15 to 34 days) and postweaning (35 to 112 days); 203 (74 per cent) of the kittens were postweaning and 38 (14 per cent) were preweaning. Infectious disease was identified in 55 per cent of the kittens, and 71 per cent of the infectious disease was viral and detected significantly more frequently in rescue shelter kittens than in kittens from private homes. Twenty-five per cent of all kitten mortality was due to feline parvovirus (FPV). During the neonatal and preweaning periods, the main viral infections were feline herpesvirus and calicivirus. Feline infectious peritonitis caused the death of 17 kittens in the postweaning period. The rescue shelter kittens were significantly younger than the kittens from private homes (median survival 49 and 56 days) and were more likely to have FPV. The non-pedigree kittens were significantly younger than the pedigree kittens (42 v 56 days), and the pedigree kittens were significantly less likely to originate from rescue shelters. There was no significant difference between the age distribution of the male and female kittens. No diagnosis could be found in 33 per cent of the kittens, and this failure was correlated significantly with the submission of tissue samples as opposed to the whole carcase.
对274只小猫的尸检结果进行了回顾。这些小猫按死亡时的年龄分组：围产期（<1天）、新生儿期（1至14天）、断奶前期（15至34天）和断奶后期（35至112天）；其中203只（74%）小猫处于断奶后期，38只（14%）处于断奶前期。55%的小猫被确诊患有传染病，其中71%的传染病为病毒性，且在救援收容所的小猫中检出频率显著高于来自私人家庭的小猫。所有小猫死亡中有25%是由猫细小病毒（FPV）引起的。在新生儿期和断奶前期，主要的病毒感染是猫疱疹病毒和杯状病毒。猫传染性腹膜炎导致17只断奶后期小猫死亡。救援收容所的小猫比来自私人家庭的小猫明显更年幼（中位生存期分别为49天和56天），且更易感染FPV。非纯种小猫比纯种小猫明显更年幼（42天对56天），纯种小猫来自救援收容所的可能性明显更低。雄性和雌性小猫的年龄分布没有显著差异。33%的小猫无法做出诊断，这种情况与提交组织样本而非整个尸体显著相关。
