Papillomaviruses have a wide range of hosts including human and animals. It is known that papillomaviruses alter cell regulation pathways. For this reason, they are known to be responsible for some of human cancers and they have been associated with neoplastic diseases in different animal species. Although many cases of papillomaviruses have been described in most domestic species they are not as frequently detected in cats. In this study we investigated 7 cases of cats with lesions for papillomavirus presence. Biopsy samples were initially examined histopathologically for diagnosis. After routine procedures all samples were diagnosed as squamous cell carcinomas (SCC). For papillomavirus nucleic acid detection in all samples were investigated by polymerase chain reaction with primers specific to L1 gene of papillomavirus using MY09/11 and FAP59/64 primer pairs. Papillomavirus DNA was found in one of the seven samples. The positive sample was sequenced and subjected to phylogenetical analysis. The sample was classified as Felis catus papillomavirus type 3 (FcaPV-3). This study reports the molecular presence of feline papillomaviruses in Türkiye for the first time and characterizes as FcaPV-3 genotype.
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