Cat Viral Disease Prevalence in China from 2016 to 2019

1,326 cat samples from 16 Chinese cities were tested for six viruses between 2016 and 2019. The study found 79.9% of cats tested positive for at least one virus, with feline leukemia virus (FeLV) showing the highest positive rate at 59.6%. This dataset was created by Caihong Liu of the Center for Veterinary Medicine.

Use Cases

• Modeling seasonal prevalence patterns based on mentions of higher FHV-1 and FPV rates in winter and spring.
• Comparing regional infection rates based on the finding of higher viral infection rates in north versus south China.
• Assessing vaccine efficacy based on seroprevalence data from vaccinated and unvaccinated cat cohorts.
• Analyzing age-related infection risk based on the correlation between FPV and cats under 12 months old.

Strengths

• Includes 1,326 samples collected over a 4-year period from 2016 to 2019.
• Provides specific positive rates for six distinct viruses, such as 59.6% for FeLV and 0.5% for FIPV.
• Contains comparative serological data from 267 vaccinated and 39 unvaccinated cats.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the 16 sampled Chinese cities.

Provenance

Source

Caihong Liu, Center for Veterinary Medicine

Collection Method

Molecular and serological investigation of cat samples.

Time Range

2016 to 2019

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

16 cities in China