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Feline Infectious Anaemia (view source)
Revision as of 13:33, 17 August 2010
, 13:33, 17 August 2010→Desciption
==Desciption==
==Desciption==
An infectious disease of the cat caused by ''[[Mycoplasma haemofelis]]'' which until recently was known as ''Haemobartonella felis''.
An infectious disease of the cat caused by ''[[Mycoplasma haemofelis]]'' which until recently was known as ''Haemobartonella felis''.
The organism is found on the surface of [[Erythrocytes|erythrocytes]] and is considered an opportunistic infection that causes illness under predisposing causes. It is possible to be transmitted via bite wounds, biting arthropods, via blood transfusions and from a queen to her kittens. The disease can be divided into three stages 1) parasitic incubation 2)acute parasitaemia and 3)the carrier stage
The organism is found on the surface of [[Erythrocytes|erythrocytes]] and is considered an opportunistic infection that causes illness under predisposing causes. It is possible to be transmitted via bite wounds, biting arthropods, via blood transfusions and from a queen to her kittens. The organism causes a cyclic parasitaemia in affected cats and infected animals despite mounting an immune response will become carrers of the organism.
==Signalment==
==Signalment==