Ticks collected from domestic cats (Felis catus), cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus),caracals (Caracal caracal), African wild cats (Felis lybica), black-footed cats (Felis nigripes), a serval (Leptailurus serval), lions(Panthera leo), and leopards (Panthera pardus) were identified and counted. Thirteen species of ixodid ticks and one argasid tick were identified from domestic cats and 17 species of ix...

A flea larval bioassay was developed by an international team of scientists to monitor the susceptibility of fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) to imidacloprid (Advantage, Bayer HealthCare). The assay was validated using laboratory and field isolates of C. felis. Flea eggs representing different field isolates of C. felis were collected by veterinarians in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germ...

The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of Chlamydophila felis infection in cats from Wroclaw city. Fiftytwo cats with ocular signs of chronic conjunctivitis, selected on the basis of anamnesis, ophthalmological examination, and clinical symptoms, were included in the screening study. Using cotton swabs, conjunctival samples were collected from all animals. The samples were analy...

Acanthotrema felis is an intestinal trematode of cats originally reported from the Republic of Korea. Only 1 human case infected with a single adult worm has been previously recorded. In the present study, we report 4 human cases infected with a total of 10 worms recovered after anthelmintic treatment and purging. All 4 patients reside in coastal areas of Jeollanam-do, Korea, and have consumed ...

There are multiple blood-borne infections in cats. Many are transmitted by fleas or ticks. The organisms recognized most frequently in feline practice are Bartonella spp., Mycoplasma haemofelis, “Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum,” “Candidatus M. turicensis,” Rickettsia rickettsii, R. felis, E. canis-like organism, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Cytauxzoon felis. Bartonella spp. infections are...

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Over the last 40 years, evidence has accumulated to suggest the ubiquitous presence of infections with intracellular bacteria of the genus Chlamydia in different livestock species. Different methods to clinical specimens substantiated such widespread, but mostly clinically unapparent, presumably low-level infections. In this initial epidemiological study, we addressed the question of chlamydial...

Figure. Distribution of clinical findings of Rickettsia felis infections and of reported potential vectors infected with R. felis. The numbers in the stars indicate the number of clinical cases (green star indicates case reported in this article), and the circles indicate locations of potential infected vectors per country. References are as follows: Texas (1), Mexico (2−4), Brazil (3,5), South...

In June 2000, suspected cases of Brazilian spotted fever (BSF) occurred in Coronel Fabriciano Municipality, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Pooled fleas collected near two fatal cases contained rickettsial DNA. The nucleotide sequence alignment of the 391-bp segment of the 17-kDa protein gene showed that the products were identical to each other and to the R. felis 17-kDa gene, confirming circulati...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Helicobacter pylori is a major cause of peptic ulcers and gastric cancer. Vaccine development is progressing but there is concern that immunisation may exacerbate Helicobacter induced gastritis: prophylactic immunisation followed by challenge with H felis or H pylori can induce a more severe gastritis in mice than seen with infection alone. The aim of this study was to inves...