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Fatal cytauxzoonosis in captive-reared lions in Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology, 2007
Fatal cytauxzoonosis is described in a captive reared lioness (Panthera leo) and its 6-month-old cub. Clinical signs in the lioness included loss of weight, depression, anaemia, loss of hair, dark discolored urine, tachypnoea, nystagmus, deaphness and staggering gait. The cub died after a short period of depression.
P V, Peixoto, C O, Soares, A, Scofield, C D, Santiago, T N, França, S S, Barros   +5 more
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Feline cytauxzoonosis: a case report and literature review

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association, 2000
A 5.5-year-old Siamese presented for evaluation of a three-day history of anorexia and lethargy. Upon physical examination, the cat was depressed, dehydrated, pyrexic, had injected conjunctiva and sclera, pale mucous membranes, and a grade II/VI systolic heart murmur.
H T, Meier, L E, Moore
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Cytauxzoonosis in cats: Eight cases (1985–1992)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 1994
Summary Cytauxzoonosis is a rapidly and highly fatal disease in cats that is caused by the protozoan Cytauxzoon felis, which may be transmitted by Ixodid ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) from parasitemic bobcats (Lynx rufus). During an 8-year period, cytauxzoonosis was diagnosed in 8 cats, 7 cats within 14 months.
J P, Hoover, D B, Walker, J D, Hedges
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Serum biochemical changes in cats with naturally acquired feline cytauxzoonosis

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2023
Abstract OBJECTIVE The geographical distribution of feline cytauxzoonosis is expanding in the US. Clinical signs of feline cytauxzoonosis, including lethargy, anorexia, and icterus, are similar to hepatic lipidosis and cholangiohepatitis. Hematologic and serum biochemical abnormality patterns may assist practitioners in prioritizing feline ...
Brandy C, Kastl, Nora L, Springer
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Survival of a domestic cat with naturally acquired cytauxzoonosis

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 1995
A cat with acute onset of febrile systemic illness was determined to be infected with Cytauxzoon felis. The diagnosis was made on the basis of cytologic morphology of erythroparasites seen in blood smears and results of microfluorometric immunoassay for serum antibody directed against C felis-parasitized RBC.
D B, Walker, R L, Cowell
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Fatal cytauxzoonosis in a Kentucky cat (Felis domesticus)

Veterinary Parasitology, 2006
A male domestic shorthair cat was presented with lethargy, anorexia, pyrexia and respiratory harshness. Diagnostic clinical chemistries, viral identification and tissue fluorescent antibody testing were negative or revealed no underlying system failure.
Carney B, Jackson, Tina, Fisher
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Coagulation abnormalities in 5 cats with naturally occurring cytauxzoonosis

Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 2015
AbstractObjectiveTo characterize hemostasis and determine if disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is present in cats with cytauxzoonosis.DesignCross‐sectional study.SettingUniversity teaching hospital.AnimalsFive client‐owned cats with cytologic and PCR‐confirmed cytauxzoonosis.InterventionsNone.Measurements and Main ResultsAdmission samples ...
Bobbi J, Conner, Rita M, Hanel, Marjory B, Brooks, Leah A, Cohn, Adam J, Birkenheuer   +4 more
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Temporal occurrence and environmental risk factors associated with cytauxzoonosis in domestic cats

Veterinary Parasitology, 2008
Cytauxzoon felis is a tick-transmitted protozoan parasite of domestic and wild felids in the south-central and southeastern United States. Infection of domestic cats (Felis domesticus) with C. felis is typically acute and characterized by fever, anorexia, listlessness, anemia, icterus and usually death within 19-21 days.
Mason Reichard, Kristen A Baum
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Fatal Cytauxzoonosis in a Free-ranging Bobcat (Lynx rufus)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2002
In September 2000, a free-ranging bobcat (Lynx rufus) cub was presented to the Kansas State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital (Manhattan, Kansas, USA) in a moribund state with signs of severe anemia and respiratory difficulty. The cub was euthanized.
Jerome C, Nietfeld, Christal, Pollock
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A Fatal Cytauxzoonosis-like Disease in Cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 1976
SUMMARY A cytauxzoon-like agent caused fatal disease in 4 domestic cats from separate, rural, heavily wooded premises in southwestern Missouri. Clinical signs included lethargy; pale, icteric mucous membranes; fever; and dehydration. One case of fatal cytauxzoonosis occurred in early September, 1973, and another in September, 1974. Two additional cases
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