From: Evaluation of feline heartworm disease based on gross necropsy, serology, pulmonary histopathology, and radiographic evidence in adult shelter cats in northeastern Alabama
Variable
Spearman correlation coefficient
P-value
HW Ag (untreated)
0.33
0.020
HW Ag (heat-treated)
0.38
0.007
HW Ab1
0.55
< 0.0001
HW Ab2
0.04
0.786
Bronchiole occlusion
0.59
Radiographic score
0.47
0.0006