Willi, Barbara http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8010-1180
Meli, Marina L. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3609-2416
Cafarelli, Chiara
Gilli, Urs O.
Kipar, Anja
Hubbuch, Alina
Riond, Barbara
Howard, Judith
Schaarschmidt, Daniel
Regli, Walter
Hofmann-Lehmann, Regina http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9750-4296
Article History
Received: 25 May 2021
Accepted: 25 November 2021
First Online: 8 January 2022
Declarations
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: Samples from the 13 cats in households 1 and 2 (study A) were collected by private practitioners as part of routine diagnostic work-up performed and submitted to the Clinical Laboratory, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich. Samples from the 91 stray cats (study C) were collected by veterinarians during a trap-neuter-release programme for diagnostic purposes [CitationRef removed]; no study-specific procedures were performed on the cats. Samples from the 881 cats from all cantons in Switzerland (study B) [CitationRef removed, CitationRef removed] and from the 501 anaemic cats (study C) were residual material from samples submitted for routine diagnostic purposes; no additional volumes or samples were collected for the current study. The post-mortem examination on the one ill cat was undertaken with informed owner consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.