Cats with feline leukemia virus respond worse to dental extractions
A study underlines the importance of recognizing the effect of FeLV status on the prognosis of feline patients who have to undergo this type of action.
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A research team has conducted a study that aims to evaluate and compare the clinical outcome after dental extractions of cats with FCGS infected with feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and feline leukemia virus (FeLV).
A retrospective case series including cats with a diagnosis of FCGS, availability of detailed clinical records, full-mouth dental radiographs, and retroviral disease test results were evaluated. Similarly, the effectiveness of surgical treatment was recorded. For the investigation, 111 cats were included in three groups (control, FIV and FeLV): 60 in the control group, 29 cats positive for FIV and 22 for FeLV.
Compared with control cases, FeLV-positive cats had significantly fewer proliferative stomatitis lesions and tended to have more tongue ulcers. At the same time, FeLV-positive cats had significantly fewer dental resorption lesions. No other significant differences in clinical signs of FCGS were found between groups.
FeLV-positive cats had a significantly worse outcome after dental extractions compared to the other groups. In fact, FeLV-positive cats were 7.5 times more likely to not improve after dental extractions.
This study concludes that the response to dental extractions in FeLV-positive cats is significantly worse compared to cats that do not carry the retroviral disease. Therefore, it is important to recognize the effect of FeLV status on the prognosis of these cats.
A Case Series Analysis of Dental Extractions' Outcome in Cats with Chronic Gingivostomatitis Carrying Retroviral Disease” Marta Silva, et al. Animals (Basel). 2021 Nov 19;11(11):3306. doi: 10.3390/ani11113306
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