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Sylvatic vector-borne pathogens including Cytauxzoon europaeus in the European wildcat (Felis silvestris) from southwestern Germany [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background European wildcats (Felis silvestris) are widely distributed in Europe and a strictly protected species in Germany. Lately, anthropogenic protective efforts lead to increasing numbers of wildcats in southwestern Germany.
Anna Obiegala, Luisa Fischer, Sara Weilage, Nina Król, Katharina M. Westhoff, Saskia Nemitz, Michael Lierz, Johannes Lang, Martin Pfeffer, Zaida Renteria-Solís   +9 more
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Cytauxzoon sp. Infection and Coinfections in Three Domestic Cats in Central Italy

Veterinary Sciences, 2022
Cytauxzoonosis is an emerging disease caused by a tick-transmitted haemoprotozoan affecting domestic and wild felids. The clinical and biomolecular findings of the infection due to Cytauxzoon sp.
Maria Teresa Antognoni, Francesca Rocconi, Silvia Ravagnan, Marta Vascellari, Gioia Capelli, Arianna Miglio, Morena Di Tommaso   +6 more
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Cytauxzoon sp. and Hepatozoon spp. in Domestic Cats: A Preliminary Study in North-Eastern Italy [PDF]

Pathogens, 2021
Knowledge on the presence of Cytauxzoon sp. and Hepatozoon spp. in Italy is scant and mostly limited to a few areas of Northern and Southern regions, respectively.
Marika Grillini, Giulia Simonato, Cinzia Tessarin, Giorgia Dotto, Donato Traversa, Rudi Cassini, Erica Marchiori, Antonio Frangipane di Regalbono   +7 more
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Successful Management of Septic Splenitis in an Abyssinian Cat. [PDF]

Vet Med Sci
A 3.5‐year‐old female neutered Abyssinian with pyrexia of unknown origin and splenomegaly was diagnosed with septic splenitis. Complete resolution of clinical signs followed splenectomy and antibiotic treatment with pradofloxacin. Septic splenitis, although uncommon, should be considered as a differential diagnosis in patients with splenomegaly and ...
Sancho MV, Henry P, Taylor M, Davidson C, Muñoz ML, Llewellyn E, Vilfan M, Cazzini P, Morrison L, Blacklock K, Gunn-Moore D.   +10 more
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Molecular Detection of Cytauxzoon Spp. Infection and Haemato-Biochemical Alterations Associated with It in Domestic Cats [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Parasitology
Background: Cytauxzoonosis is a tick borne hemoprotozoal disease of wild and domestic felids. Its epidemiology and clinical importance is less appreciated in India.
Namrata Namrata, Pallav Shekhar, Mritunjay Kumar, Anil Kumar, Shyma Kp, Pankaj Kumar, Vivek Kumar Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Archana Kumari   +8 more
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Cytauxzoon felis: An Overview

Pathogens, 2023
Cytauxzoon felis is a tick-transmitted, obligate, hemoprotozoal, piroplasmid pathogen of felids and the causative agent of cytauxzoonosis. It has a complex life cycle which includes a tick as its definitive host and a felid as its intermediate host ...
Yvonne M. Wikander, Kathryn E. Reif
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Advances and Challenges in the Diagnosis of Vector-Borne Protozoal Infections in Veterinary Medicine [PDF]

Pathogens
Vector-borne protozoal infections—including babesiosis, theileriosis, hepatozoonosis, trypanosomosis, and leishmaniosis—impose a substantial burden on livestock and companion animal health worldwide and carry important zoonotic and public health ...
Ana María Cevallos, Tomas Meraz-Tay, Roberto Hernández   +2 more
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Feline vector-borne pathogens in Iran [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background Feline vector-borne pathogens (FeVBPs) are common in tropical and subtropical countries, mainly due to favorable climate conditions for arthropod perpetuation coupled with limited preventive measures.
Alireza Sazmand, Mariaelisa Carbonara, Leili Moradi, Pardis Almasi, Shiva Saruei, Mozhdeh Moradi-Jam, Anahita Akhondi, Parmida Malekzadeh, Soheila Ghaharzade-Mahabadi, Amin Bakhshani, Omid Chashnigir, Baharak Akhtardanesh, Hamidreza Moosavian, Mohammad Ramezani, Darioush Shirani, Livia Perles, Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan, Zainab Sadeghi-Dehkordi, Reza Nabavi, Fateme Jalousian, Domenico Otranto   +20 more
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Detection of pathogens within Ixodid ticks collected from domestic cats across the USA [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background Ixodid ticks and tick-borne diseases continue to be an emerging health concern in the USA. Companion animals dwell in close proximity with people; therefore, it is important to understand how they might contribute to the maintenance of tick ...
Rachel C. Smith, Kellee D. Sundstrom, Ruth C. Scimeca, Lindsay A. Starkey   +3 more
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Using Digital PCR to Unravel the Occurrence of Piroplasmids, Bartonella spp., and Borrelia spp. in Wild Animals from Brazil [PDF]

Pathogens
Piroplasmids (Babesia spp., Rangelia spp., Theileria spp., Cytauxzoon spp.) are tick-borne apicomplexan protozoa that infect, depending on the species, erythrocytes and leucocytes in a wide variety of mammals and birds. The genera Bartonella and Borrelia
Ana Cláudia Calchi, Anna Claudia Baumel Mongruel, Fernanda Beatriz Pereira Cavalcanti, Lilliane Bartone, José Maurício Barbanti Duarte, Emília Patrícia Medici, Danilo Kluyber, Mayara G. Caiaffa, Mario Henrique Alves, Arnaud Leonard Jean Desbiez, Taciana Fernandes Souza Barbosa Coelho, Rosangela Zacarias Machado, Edward B. Breitschwerdt, Ricardo G. Maggi, Marcos Rogério André   +14 more
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