Seroprevalencia de Leucemia Felina en pacientes atendidos en la Clínica Veterinaria Instavet del Cantón Guayaquil mediante técnica de ensayo por inmunoabsorción ligado a enzimas.

Abstract

The effects of retroviruses in domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus) are the cause of persistent infections. In this sense, the research focuses its interest on the need to identify the Seroprevalence of Feline Leukemia (ViLeF), responsible for a variety of syndromes that negatively impact the health of the domestic feline species. The objective of the study is to determine "Seroprevalence of Feline Leukemia in patients treated at the Instavet Veterinary Clinic of Guayaquil Canton by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique." In addition to establishing the symptoms present in positive cats from the sample tests: as well as the relationship between the positive cases of feline leukemia with the factors of age, sex, breed and sector; the risk factors that contribute to the pathological condition were analyzed. This will be done through examinations guided by field tests used to assess the condition of patients and scientific tests that use laboratory procedures such as the ELISA test known as an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, blood count, and abdominal-thoracic ultrasound. In addition to a diagnostic sensitivity test to a sample chosen for convenience, concluding that the incidence of the virus is higher in patients from the southern sector of the city of Guayaquil and the most frequent disease is lymphadenitis. The lack of knowledge on the part of pet owners, as well as the lack of commercial vaccines are factors that affect adequate control of this pathology and the increase in proliferation levels.