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Phylogenetic, clinical, pathological and epidemiological characterization of feline coronavirus infections in cats, in Istanbul Open

Gülay YÜZBAŞIOĞLU ÖZTÜRK, Abdullah Kayar, Özge Erdoğan Bamaç, Hasan Emre Tali, İbrahim Özkan , et al. · 2025

Introduction Feline coronavirus (FCoV) is a widespread viral infection affecting domestic and wild cats globally, with higher prevalence in young cats and multi-cat environments. Methods In this study, a total of 208 clinical samples (bloo…

The Swab, the Drip, or the Meat? Comparison of Microbiological Sampling Methods in Vacuum-Packed Raw Beef Open

Alejandro Martínez‐Moreno, América Chávez‐Martínez, Janet E.L. Corry, Chris R. Helps, Raúl Alberto Reyes-Villagrana , et al. · 2025

Historically, there has been a concern for the detection and enumeration of microorganisms in foods, and numerous methods have been developed to determine their microbiological conditions. The present study aimed to compare the numbers of …

Prevalence and risk factors for common respiratory pathogens within a cohort of pet cats in the UK Open

Ian Chan, Andrew W. Dowsey, Philippa Lait, Séverine Tasker, Emily Blackwell , et al. · 2023

Objectives Feline herpesvirus (FHV), feline calicivirus (FCV) and Chlamydia felis are common causes of upper respiratory tract disease (URTD) in cats. Their prevalence in the UK pet cat population has not been reported and little is known …

Evaluating the association between blood genotype or phenotype and haemoplasma infection in UK and Italian cats Open

Eva Spada, Paola Galluzzo, Alessandra Torina, Guido Ruggero Loria, Roberta Perego , et al. · 2022

Background In humans, blood groups are associated with varying prevalence of infections. The aim of this study was to determine if associations exist between the feline AB blood group system and haemoplasma infection. Methods Data from two…

Multi-omic analyses in Abyssinian cats with primary renal amyloid deposits Open

Francesca Genova, Simona Nonnis, Elisa Maffioli, Gabriella Tedeschi, Maria Giuseppina Strillacci , et al. · 2021

A domestic cat whole exome sequencing resource for trait discovery Open

Alana R. Rodney, Reuben M. Buckley, Robert S. Fulton, Catrina C. Fronick, Todd Richmond , et al. · 2021

Sequencing of the Janus Kinase 2 Gene in Cats With Primary Erythrocytosis Open

Emi Barker, Sophie Adamantos, Chris R. Helps, Séverine Tasker, Vicki Black · 2021

Evaluation of Interferon-Gamma Polymorphisms as a Risk Factor in Feline Infectious Peritonitis Development in Non-Pedigree Cats—A Large Cohort Study Open

Emi Barker, Philippa Lait, Lorenzo Ressel, Emily-Jayne Blackwell, Séverine Tasker , et al. · 2020

Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a common infectious cause of death in cats, with heritable host factors associated with altered risk of disease. To assess the role of feline interferon-gamma gene (fIFNG) variants in this risk, the a…

A domestic cat whole exome sequencing resource for trait discovery Open

Alana R. Rodney, Reuben M. Buckley, Robert S. Fulton, Catrina C. Fronick, Todd Richmond , et al. · 2020

Over 94 million domestic cats are considered pets, who, as our companions, are also susceptible to cancers, common and rare diseases. Whole exome sequencing (WES) is a cost-effective strategy to study their putative disease-causing variant…

The prevalence of Rickettsia felis DNA in fleas collected from cats and dogs in the UK Open

Swaid Abdullah, Phillipa J. Lait, Chris R. Helps, Hannah Newbury, Richard Wall · 2020

Mutations in the Kinesin-2 Motor KIF3B Cause an Autosomal-Dominant Ciliopathy Open

Benjamin Cogné, Xénia Latypova, Lokuliyanage Dona Samudita Senaratne, Ludovic Martin, Daniel C. Koboldt , et al. · 2020

Sequencing of the Janus kinase 2 gene in cats with primary erythrocytosis Open

Emi Barker, Sophie Adamantos, Chris R. Helps, Séverine Tasker, Vicki Black · 2020

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Evaluation of polymorphisms in inflammatory mediator and cellular adhesion genes as risk factors for feline infectious peritonitis Open

Helen Kedward-Dixon, Emi Barker, Séverine Tasker, Anja Kipar, Chris R. Helps · 2019

Objectives Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a high mortality infectious disease. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the genes encoding interferon gamma ( IFNG), tumour necrosis factor alpha ( TNFA) and dendritic cell-specific …

Author Correction: Applications and efficiencies of the first cat 63 K DNA array Open

Barbara Gandolfi, Hasan Alhaddad, Mona Abdi, Leslie H. Bach, Erica K. Creighton , et al. · 2019

Pathogens in fleas collected from cats and dogs: distribution and prevalence in the UK Open

Swaid Abdullah, Chris R. Helps, Séverine Tasker, Hannah Newbury, Richard Wall · 2019

Author Correction: Applications and efficiencies of the first cat 63K DNA array Open

Barbara Gandolfi, Hasan Alhaddad, Mona Abdi, Leslie H. Bach, Erica K. Creighton , et al. · 2018

Correction: Corrigendum: Early-Onset Progressive Retinal Atrophy Associated with an IQCB1 Variant in African Black-Footed Cats (Felis nigripes) Open

Annie Oh, Jacqueline W. Pearce, Barbara Gandolfi, Erica K. Creighton, William Kirk Suedmeyer , et al. · 2018

Scientific Reports 7: Article number: 43918; published online: 21 March 2017; updated: 18 May 2018 The Acknowledgements section in this Article is incomplete. “Funding was provided by The University of Missouri, College of Veterinary Medic…

Applications and efficiencies of the first cat 63K DNA array Open

Barbara Gandolfi, Hasan Alhaddad, Mona Abdi, Leslie H. Bach, Erica K. Creighton , et al. · 2018

The development of high throughput SNP genotyping technologies has improved the genetic dissection of simple and complex traits in many species including cats. The properties of feline 62,897 SNPs Illumina Infinium iSelect DNA array are de…

Prevalence of feline retroviruses and haemoplasmas in cats in Austria and first detection of Hepatozoon felis infection Open

Serina Filler, Chris R. Helps, Sophie Thiurston, Abigail Guija de Arespacochaga, Ilse Schwendenwein , et al. · 2018

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Prevalence of transfusion transmissible vector-borne pathogens in UK/Eire canine blood donors Open

Florent Duplan, David Morris, Jenny Walton, Sophie Adamantos, Chris R. Helps , et al. · 2018

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Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Bartonella spp., haemoplasma species and Hepatozoon spp. in ticks infesting cats: a large-scale survey Open

Florent Duplan, Saran Davies, Serina Filler, Swaid Abdullah, Sophie Keyte , et al. · 2018

Association between canine leishmaniosis and Ehrlichia canis co-infection: a prospective case-control study Open

Charalampos Attipa, Laia Solano‐Gallego, Kostas Papasouliotis, Francesca Soutter, David T. J. Morris , et al. · 2018

Correction: A Novel Variant in CMAH Is Associated with Blood Type AB in Ragdoll Cats Open

Barbara Gandolfi, Robert A. Grahn, Nicholas A. Gustafson, Daniela Proverbio, Eva Spada , et al. · 2018

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154973.].

Prevalence and risk factor analysis for feline haemoplasmas in cats from Northern Serbia, with molecular subtyping of feline immunodeficiency virus Open

Elpida Sarvani, Séverine Tasker, Milica Kovačević Filipović, Jelena Francuski Andrić, Nenad Andrić , et al. · 2018

Objectives The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of feline haemoplasma infections in Northern Serbia, identify potential risk factors and perform molecular subtyping of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV). Methods PC…

Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ticks and Blood Samples Collected from Camels in Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia Open

Abdullah Daria ALan, Swaid Abdullah, Chris R. Helps, Richard Wall, Robert Puschendor , et al. · 2017

Background and Objective: Domestic animals, including camels, in Saudi Arabia suffer from various diseases, among which tick-borne infections are important because they reduce the productivity of these animals. However, knowledge of tick-b…

Limitations of using feline coronavirus spike protein gene mutations to diagnose feline infectious peritonitis Open

Emily N. Barker, Angelica Stranieri, Chris R. Helps, Emily Porter, Andrew D. Davidson , et al. · 2017

Prevalence and distribution of Borrelia and Babesia species in ticks feeding on dogs in the U.K. Open

Swaid Abdullah, Chris R. Helps, Séverine Tasker, Hannah Newbury, Richard Wall · 2017

Ticks were collected during M arch– J uly 2015 from dogs by veterinarians throughout the U.K. and used to estimate current prevalences and distributions of pathogens. DNA was extracted from 4750 ticks and subjected to polymerase chain reac…

Prevalence of ticks and tick-borne pathogens: Babesia and Borrelia species in ticks infesting cats of Great Britain Open

Saran Davies, Swaid Abdullah, Chris R. Helps, Séverine Tasker, Hannah Newbury , et al. · 2017

Early-Onset Progressive Retinal Atrophy Associated with an IQCB1 Variant in African Black-Footed Cats (Felis nigripes) Open

Annie Oh, Jacqueline W. Pearce, Barbara Gandolfi, Erica K. Creighton, William Kirk Suedmeyer , et al. · 2017

African black-footed cats ( Felis nigripes ) are endangered wild felids. One male and full-sibling female African black-footed cat developed vision deficits and mydriasis as early as 3 months of age. The diagnosis of early-onset progressiv…

Prevalence study and risk factor analysis of selected bacterial, protozoal and viral, including vector-borne, pathogens in cats from Cyprus Open

Charalampos Attipa, Kostas Papasouliotis, Laia Solano‐Gallego, Gad Baneth, Yaarit Nachum‐Biala , et al. · 2017

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