EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED CYTAUXZOONOSIS-LIKE DISEASE IN DOMESTIC CATS Academic Article

abstract

• The methods by which the organisms causing feline cytauxzoonosis have been maintained in laboratory cats for 2.5 years are described. Passage of the parasite was accomplished by parenteral administration of fresh or deep frozen blood or ground tissue from infected moribund cats. The clinical disease produced experimentally by minimal doses fo inoculum resembled naturally occurring feline cytauzoonosis. The most frequently noted clinical signs included pyrexia, anorexia, dehydration, and depression. The experimentally induced illness was consistently fatal within 20 days. The domestic cat is believed to be an accidental or dead-end host of the infection in nature because of the short course of illness and the uniformly fatal outcome of the disease. 1980.

authors

• Kier, Ann

published proceedings

• VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

author list (cited authors)

• WAGNER, J. E., FERRIS, D. H., KIER, A. B., WIGHTMAN, S. R., MARING, E., MOREHOUSE, L. G., & HANSEN, R. D.

citation count

• 27

complete list of authors

• WAGNER, JE||FERRIS, DH||KIER, AB||WIGHTMAN, SR||MARING, E||MOREHOUSE, LG||HANSEN, RD

publication date

• January 1980

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Veterinary Parasitology  Journal

keywords

• 2 Aetiology
• 2.1 Biological And Endogenous Factors
• Brain Disorders
• Infection

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0304-4017(80)90075-8

start page

• 305

end page

• 311

volume

• 6

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-4017(80)90075-8