Table 1 Prevalence of FeVBPs, haemoplasmas, FIV and FeLV infection accordingly to age, sex, breed and reproductive status of cats across Italy

Age

 < 18 months

107

5 (4.7)^{a, b}

4 (3.7)^c

9 (8.4)^{d, e}

7 (6.5)

–

2 (1.9)

9 (8.4)

–

1 (0.9)

1 (0.9)

–

6 (5.6)

24 (22.4)

 18 months ≤ 6 years

242

2 (0.8)^a

2 (0.8)

4 (1.6)^d

22 (9.1)

–

4 (1.7)

26 (10.7)

1 (0.4)

9 (3.7)

9 (3.7)

2 (0.8)

14 (5.8)

50 (20.1)

 > 6 years

609

8 (1.3)^b

3 (0.5)^c

11 (1.8)^e

66 (10.8)

2 (0.3)

8 (1.3)

76 (12)

6 (1)

16 (2.9)

21 (3.4)

6 (0.9)

19 (3.2)

120 (19.7)

Sex

 Male

446

7 (1.6)

4 (0.9)

11 (2.5)

71 (16)^f

–

7 (1.6)

78 (17.5)^g

5 (1.1)

17 (3.8)

22 (4.9)^h

8 (1.8)

22 (4.9)

125 (27.8)ⁱ

 Female

512

8 (1.6)

5 (1)

13 (2.5)

24 (4.7)^f

2 (0.4)

7 (1.4)

33 (6.4)^g

2 (0.4)

9 (1.7)

9 (1.7)^h

–

17 (3.3)

69 (13.5)ⁱ

Neutering status

 Neutered

816

12 (1.5)

6 (0.7)

18 (2.2)

81 (9.9)

2 (0.2)

11 (1.3)

94 (11.5)

7 (0.8)

17 (2.1)^j

22 (2.7)^k

4 (0.5)^l

31 (3.8)

155 (19)^m

 Not neutered

142

3 (2.1)

3 (2.1)

6 (4.2)

14 (9.8)

–

3 (2.1)

17 (12)

–

9 (6.3)^j

9 (6.3)^k

4 (2.8)^l

8 (5.6)

39 (27.5)^m

Breed*

 Common European

842

14 (1.7)

8 (0.9)

22 (2.6)

90 (10.7)

2 (0.2)

14 (1.7)

106 (12.6)

6 (0.7)

24 (2.8)

28 (3.3)

8 (0.9)

38 (4.5)

184 (21.8)

 Persian

28

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1 (3.6)

1 (3.6)

2 (7.1)

–

–

2 (7.1)

 Siamese

17

1 (5.9)

–

1 (5.9)

1 (5.9)

–

–

1 (5.9)

–

1 (5.9)

1 (5.9)

–

–

2 (11.8)

 Maine Coon

16

–

–

–

2 (12.5)

–

–

2 (12.5)

–

–

–

–

–

2 (12.5)

 Chartreux

9

–

1 (11.1)

1 (11.1)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1 (11.1)

 Scottish Fold

2

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1 (50)

1 (50)

 Korat

1

–

–

–

1 (100)

–

–

1 (100)

–

–

–

–

–

1 (100)

 Sphynx

1

–

–

–

1 (100)

–

–

1 (100)

–

–

–

–

–

1 (100)

Geographical origin

 North

556

5 (0.9)ⁿ

2 (0.4)^o

7 (1.3)^p

51 (9.2)

2 (0.4)

6 (1.1)

59 (10.6)

1 (0.2)^{r, s}

8 (1.4)^t

9 (1.6)^v

4 (0.7)

23 (4.1)

89 (16)^x

 Centre

173

2 (1.2)

1 (0.6)

3 (1.7)^q

20 (11.6)

–

2 (1.1)

22 (12.7)

3 (1.7)^r

1 (0.6)^u

3 (1.7)^w

1 (0.6)

5 (2.9)

32 (18.5)^y

 South

229

8 (3.5)ⁿ

6 (2.6)^o

14 (6.1)^{p, q}

24 (10.5)

–

6 (2.6)

30 (13.1)

3 (1.3)^s

17 (7.4)^{t, u}

19 (8.3)^{v, w}

3 (1.3)

11(4.8)

73 (31.9)^{x, y}

 Total animals

958

15 (1.6)

9 (0.9)

24 (2.5)

95 (9.9)

2 (0.2)

14 (1.5)

111 (11.6)

7 (0.7)

26 (2.7)

31 (3.2)

8 (0.8)

39 (4.1)

194 (20.2)