Cytauxzoonosis.
Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract
; 52(6): 1211-1224, 2022 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-36336418
ABSTRACT
Cytauxzoon felis is a hematoprotozoan parasite with a complex life cycle involving a tick-vector and a mammalian host. The mammalian hosts are all felidae but in the bobcat reservoir host, the parasite typically causes only a brief, self-resolving illness followed by a prolonged subclinical infection. In domestic cats, however, infection often leads to an acute febrile illness characterized by severe morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis is based on microscopic identification of parasites or molecular testing. Treatment for ill cats is expensive, difficult, and often unsuccessful. Prevention is quite possible and depends on avoidance of feeding by vector ticks.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
3_ND
Problema de salud:
3_zoonosis
Asunto principal:
Infecciones Protozoarias en Animales
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Garrapatas
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Enfermedades de los Gatos
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Piroplasmida
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Lynx
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract
Año:
2022
Tipo del documento:
Article