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| |cause = ''Mycoplasma haemofelis'' | | |cause = ''Mycoplasma haemofelis'' |
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| It is thought that recovered cats can become subclinical carriers, with the potential for the disease to recrudesce if the animal is in a stressed state eg pregnancy, illness.<ref name = "Harvey">Harvey JW and Gaskin JM (1978)Feline haemobartonellosis;attempts to induce relapses of clinical disease in chronically infected cats.'''J Am Anim Hosp Assoc'''14:453</ref> | | It is thought that recovered cats can become subclinical carriers, with the potential for the disease to recrudesce if the animal is in a stressed state eg pregnancy, illness.<ref name = "Harvey">Harvey JW and Gaskin JM (1978)Feline haemobartonellosis;attempts to induce relapses of clinical disease in chronically infected cats.'''J Am Anim Hosp Assoc'''14:453</ref> |
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| + | [[File:M haemofelis.jpg|thumb|''Mycoplasma haemofelis'' on the surface of blood cells]] |
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| ==Clinical signs== | | ==Clinical signs== |
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− | Infected cats most commonly present for lethargy and decreased appetite. Physical examination findings are non-specific and can include signs of anaemia, such as mucous membrane pallor, tachypnoea and tachycardia, pyrexia, and occasionally splenomagaly and [[Icterus|jaundice]]. Pyrexia is frequently intermittent and spikes when parasite numbers are highest <ref name="Wardrop"></ref>. The anaemia can be severe and rapidly fatal in some cases. | + | Infected cats most commonly present for lethargy and decreased appetite. Physical examination findings are non-specific and can include signs of anaemia, such as mucous membrane pallor, tachypnoea and tachycardia, pyrexia, and occasionally splenomegaly and [[Icterus|jaundice]]. Pyrexia is frequently intermittent and spikes when parasite numbers are highest <ref name="Wardrop"></ref>. The anaemia can be severe and rapidly fatal in some cases. |
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| ==Differential diagnosis== | | ==Differential diagnosis== |
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| ==Diagnosis== | | ==Diagnosis== |
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− | The most commmon findings from complete blood counts from cats with Mhf infections are a '''marcocytic, hypochromic regenerative anaemia'''. [[Reticulocyte|Reticulocytes]] and [[Howell-Jolly Bodies|Howell-Jolly bodies]] may be identified on cytologic examination. | + | The most commmon findings from complete blood counts from cats with Mhf infections are a '''macrocytic, hypochromic regenerative anaemia'''. [[Reticulocyte|Reticulocytes]] and [[Howell-Jolly Bodies|Howell-Jolly bodies]] may be identified on cytologic examination. |
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| [http://www.cabi.org/cabdirect/FullTextPDF/2007/20073119573.pdf ''' Bartonellosis and hemoplasmosis in dogs and cats: emerging issues.''' Lappin, M. R.; The North American Veterinary Conference, Gainesville, USA, Small animal and exotics. Proceedings of the North American Veterinary Conference, Volume 21, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2007, 2007, pp 629-631] | | [http://www.cabi.org/cabdirect/FullTextPDF/2007/20073119573.pdf ''' Bartonellosis and hemoplasmosis in dogs and cats: emerging issues.''' Lappin, M. R.; The North American Veterinary Conference, Gainesville, USA, Small animal and exotics. Proceedings of the North American Veterinary Conference, Volume 21, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2007, 2007, pp 629-631] |
| + | |Vetstream = [https://www.vetstream.com/felis/Content/Disease/dis60170 Feline infectious anemia] |
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− | {{review}} | + | {{Rebekah Brown |
− | [[Category:Anaemia]] | + | |date = July 3, 2012 }} |
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| [[Category:Lymphoreticular and Haematopoietic Diseases - Cat]][[Category:Cat Bacteria]] | | [[Category:Lymphoreticular and Haematopoietic Diseases - Cat]][[Category:Cat Bacteria]] |
| [[Category:Expert_Review - Small Animal]] | | [[Category:Expert_Review - Small Animal]] |