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28 paź 2024 · The objectives were two-fold: (1) to describe the clinical findings of all cats diagnosed with tularemia in a large, retrospective cohort; and (2) to compare the clinical features of cats diagnosed with and without tularemia based on PCR and identify characteristics that increase the likelihood of tularemia diagnosis.
Cats may develop open sores in the mouth and throat. Blood infections can spread the disease to multiple organs, including the lungs, liver, spleen, and lymph nodes. Collapse and death may occur in a few hours or days. Tularemia is diagnosed with laboratory tests.
cats. These clinical features should be considered and raise suspicion for tularemia in cats. These findings may be valuable for the timely diagnosis, treatment and prevention of tularemia outbreaks in cats and humans. Keywords: Tularemia; Francisella tularensis; leukopenia; neutropenia Accepted: 7 July 2024
What are the signs of tularemia infection in cats? Tularemia generally causes an acute illness with high fever of 104°F-106°F (40°C-41°C); large, painful lymph nodes in the head and neck; abdominal pain; jaundice (yellowing of skin, mucous membranes, and the whites of the eyes); and organ system failure.
This study provides a more comprehensive description of tularemia in cats than has been available to date. In particular, leukopenia and neutropenia are significantly associated with tularemia-positive cats.
Also known as rabbit fever, tularemia is a rare bacterial infection caused by Francisella tularensis. It is of particular importance because it is a zoonotic disease, which means it can be it can spread to people.
Tularemia, also known as “Rabbit fever, water-rat trappers’ disease, wild hare disease (yato-byo), and Ohara’s disease” (Stidham et al. Citation 2018) is a rare but highly contagious zoonotic disease caused by Gram-negative, intracellular coccobacillus bacterium named Francisella tularensis.
