Table 1 Results of the “Feline Travel Profile” diagnostic panel performed by the LABOKLIN laboratory (Bad Kissingen, Germany) in 624 cats from April 2012 until March 2020)
From: Retrospective evaluation of vector-borne pathogens in cats living in Germany (2012–2020)
Time period | Total n/N (%) | Hepatozoon spp.a,f n/N (%) | Dirofilaria spp.b,f n/N (%) | Ehrlichia spp.c n/N (%) | Leishmania spp.d n/N (%) | Rickettsia spp.e,g n/N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
04/2012-03/2013 | 6/30 (20) | 2/30 (7) | 1/30 (3) | 1/30 (3) | 3/30 (10) | – |
04/2013-03/2014 | 15/47 (31.9) | 8/47 (17) | 0/47 (0) | 6/47 (13) | 2/47 (4) | – |
04/2014-03/2015 | 9/67 (13.4) | 3/67 (5) | 0/67 (0) | 6/67 (9) | 1/67 (2) | – |
04/2015-03/2016 | 12/58 (20.7) | 6/58 (10) | 0/58 (0) | 2/58 (3) | 2/58 (3) | 3/45 (7) |
04/2016-03/2017 | 19/87 (21.8) | 6/84 (7) | 0/84 (0) | 3/87 (3) | 2/87 (2) | 11/87 (13) |
04/2017-03/2018 | 33/99 (33.3) | 8/98 (8) | 0/98 (0) | 10/99 (10) | 1/99 (1) | 14/99 (14) |
04/2018-03/2019 | 44/98 (44.9) | 8/96 (8) | 0/96 (0) | 22/98 (22) | 8/98 (8) | 21/98 (21) |
04/2019-03/2020 | 37/138 (26.8) | 12/138 (9) | 0/138 | 23/138 (17) | 3/138 (2) | 3/138 (2) |
Total | 175/624 (28) | 53/618 (9) | 1/618 (0.2) | 73/624 (12) | 22/624 (4) | 52/467 (11) |