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A More Effective Treatment for a Cat Killer: Cytauxzoonosis

By: petMD Jul 24th 2012 11:45AM

One of the diseases that I most dreaded diagnosing in my feline patients when I practiced in the southeastern U.S. was cytauxzoonosis. After moving west to Wyoming, and now Colorado, I haven't seen a single case, but I was still excited to see that a new, more effective treatment protocol is being reported in the veterinary literature. Cytauxzoonosis is a disease of cats only. It cannot spread to people or any other non-felid animal. In fact, in cannot even be spread directly from cat to cat. The causative agent, a protozoan called Cytauxzoon felis, is transmitted via the bites of infected ticks. Bobcats are the reservoir host. Studies have shown that as many as 50 percent of bobcats may ...

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