Table 2 Prevalence of hemoplasmas in 227 cats from northern Italy (Novara Province). Significant differences are marked with equal letters (uppercase, P < 0.01; lowercase, P < 0.05)

Gender

Female

119

3 (2.5)^A

3 (2.5)^B

0 (0.0)^C

0 (0.0)^D

Male

108

27 (25.0)^A

25 (23.1)^B

9 (8.3)^C

11 (10.2) ^D

Age

Young (≤ 1 year)

120

7 (5.8)^E

7 (5.8)^F

3 (2.5)

2 (1.7)^g

Adult (> 1 year)

101

22 (21.8)^E

20 (19.8)^F

6 (5.9)

8 (7.9)^g

Anemia

Yes

31

8 (25.8)^h

7 (22.6)

4 (12.9)ⁱ

3 (9.7)

No

196

22 (11.2)^h

21 (10.7)

5 (2.5)ⁱ

8 (4.1)

FIV

Positive

23

15 (65.2)^L

13 (56.5)^M

7 (30.4)^N

7 (30.4)^O

Negative

204

15 (7.4)^L

15 (7.4)^M

2 (1.0)^N

4 (2.0)^O

FeLV

Positive

13

2 (15.4)

2 (15.4)

1 (7.7)

0 (0.0)

Negative

214

28 (13.1)

26 (12.1)

7 (3.3)

11 (5.1)