In the first UK study McArdle et al (1994) isolated B. bronchiseptica from 5% of 526 animals.
In the second study Binns et al (1999) published results of a survey of 740 cats in the UK and B. bronchiseptica was isolated in 11% of all cats sampled. These results are particularly significant when compared with isolation rates for FCV and FHV from the same survey (26% and 5% respectively, Binns et al 2000). However, care should be taken when interpreting these results since both FHV and B. bronchiseptica are only intermittently shed by chronic carriers. The isolation rates for both FHV and B. bronchiseptica obtained in such studies are likely to underestimate the true incidence of infection. |