Cytauxzoonosis is an emerging infectious disease that affects wild felids as well as the
domestic cat; it is caused by the apicomplexan protozoan parasites belonging to the genus …

First Described: Cytauxzoonosis was first recognized in domestic cats from Missouri during
the mid-1970s.• Cause: Cytauxzoon felis is a hematoprotozoal pathogen of domestic and …

Protists of the genus Cytauxzoon infect a wide variety of wild and domestic felids worldwide.
While the American Cytauxzoon felis has been well described, data on the European …

Background Cytauxzoon spp. infection is believed to be a newly emerging tick-borne
disease in felids in Europe, with three species of the haemoparasite having recently been …

Knowledge on the presence of Cytauxzoon sp. and Hepatozoon spp. in Italy is scant and
mostly limited to a few areas of Northern and Southern regions, respectively. The present …

Based on morphological and genetic characteristics, we describe a new species of
Hepatozoon in the European wild cat (Felis silvestris silvestris), herein named Hepatozoon …

Simple Summary Monitoring the health status of cats ensures their welfare and control of
infections transmissible to other domestic and wild animals, as well as to humans. In the …

Background Cytauxzoonosis is an emerging tick-borne disease of domestic and wild felids.
Cytauxzoon felis induces severe and often fatal disease in domestic cats. In Europe, clinical …

There are very limited data on Babesia species infecting lynx species worldwide, and almost
nothing is known about babesias in the Eurasian lynx, the most widely distributed wild feline …

Background Among live wild mammals adapted to urban and peri-urban habitats in Europe,
members of the families Felidae, Mustelidae and Sciuridae deserve special attention as …