Global InformationCytauxzoonosis information
| Cytauxzoonosis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Piroplasmida |
| Family: | Theileriidae |
| Genus: | Cytauxzoon |
| Species: | C. felis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cytauxzoon felis (Kier)
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Cytauxzoon felis is a protozoal organism transmitted to domestic cats by tick bites, and whose natural reservoir host is the bobcat.[2][3][4][5] C. felis has been found in other wild felid species such as the cougar, as well as a white tiger in captivity.[6][7][8] C. felis infection is limited to the family Felidae which means that C. felis poses no zoonotic (transmission to humans) risk or agricultural (transmission to farm animals) risk. Until recently it was believed that after infection with C. felis, pet cats almost always died. As awareness of C. felis has increased it has been found that treatment is not always futile. More cats have been shown to survive the infection than was previously thought.[2][5][9][10] New treatments offer as much as 60% survival rate.[11]
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- ^ a b Birkenheuer, A.J.; Le, J.A.; Valenzisi, A.M.; Tucker, M.D.; Levy, M.G.; Breitschwerdt, E.B. (2006). "Cytauxzoon felis in cats in the mid-Atlantic states: 34 cases (1998-2004)". Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 228 (4): 568–571. doi:10.2460/javma.228.4.568. PMID 16478435.
- ^ Brown, H.M.; Latimer, K.S.; Erikson, L.E.; Cashwell, M.E.; Britt, J.O.; Peterson, D.S. (2008). "Detection of Persistent Cytauxzoon Felis Infection by Polymerase Chain Reaction in Three Asymptomatic Domestic Cats". Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 20 (4): 485–488. doi:10.1177/104063870802000411. PMID 18599854.
- ^ Cohn, L.A. (2005). "Feline Cytauxzoonosis". American Association of Feline Practitioners Rounds. 27: 69–75.
- ^ a b Habera, M.D.; Tuckera, M.D.; Marra, H.S.; Levyb, J.K.; Burgessc, J.; Lappind, M.R.; Birkenheuera, A.J. (2007). "The detection of Ctyauxzoon felis in apparently healthy free-roaming cats in the US". Veterinary Parasitology. 146 (3–4): 316–320. doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.02.029. PMID 17391852.
- ^ Garner, M.M.; Lung, N.P.; Citino, S.; Greiner, E.C.; Harvey, J.W.; Homer, B.L. (1996). "Fatal Cytauxzoonosis in a Captive reared White Tiger (Panthera tigris)". Veterinary Pathology. 33 (1): 82–86. doi:10.1177/030098589603300111. PMID 8826011. S2CID 10450447.
- ^ Kier, A.B.; Wightman, S.R.; Wagner, J.E. (1982). "Interspecies transmission of Cytauxzoon felis". Am J Vet Res. 43 (1): 102–105. PMID 6807139.
- ^ Rotstein, D.S.; Taylor, S.K.; Harvey, J.W.; Bean, J. (1999). "Hematologic effects of cytauxzoonosis in Florida panthers and Texas cougars in Florida". Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 35 (3): 613–617. doi:10.7589/0090-3558-35.3.613. PMID 10479103. S2CID 30210414.
- ^ Meinkoth, J.; Kocan, A.A.; Whitworth, L.; Murphy, G.; Fox, C.; Woods, J.P. (2000). "Cats Surviving Natural Infection with Cytauxzoon felis: 18 Cases (1997-1998)". J Vet Med. 14 (5): 521–525. doi:10.1892/0891-6640(2000)014<0521:csniwf>2.3.co;2. PMID 11012116.
- ^ Reichard, M.V.; Meinkoth, J.H.; Edwards, A.C.; Snider, T.A.; Kocan, K.M.; Blouin, E.F.; Little, S.E. (2009). "Transmission of Cytauxzoon felis to a domestic cat by Amblyomma americanum". Veterinary Parasitology. 161 (1–2): 110–115. doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.12.016. PMID 19168288.
- ^ Cohn, L.A.; Birkenheuer, A.J.; Brunker J.D.; Ratcliff E.R.; Craig, A.W. (2011). "Efficacy of Atovaquone and Azithromycin or Imidocarb Dipropionate in Cats with Acute Cytauxzoonosis". J Vet Intern Med. 25 (1): 55–60. doi:10.1111/j.1939-1676.2010.0646.x. PMID 21143646.