Bartonellosis is a vector-borne zoonotic disease with worldwide distribution that can infect
humans and a large number of mammals including small companion animals (cats and …

Humans become infected with Toxoplasma gondii mainly by ingesting uncooked meat
containing viable tissue cysts or by ingesting food or water contaminated with oocysts from …

Cats are popular as pets worldwide because they are easy to care for and provide
companionship that enriches the lives of human beings. Little attention has been focused on …

The domestic cat is the only member of the Felidae to form social relationships with humans,
and also, the only small felid to form intraspecific social groups when free ranging. The latter …

Within the last 15 years, several bacteria of the genus Bartonella were recognized as
zoonotic agents in humans and isolated from various mammalian reservoirs. Based on …

Toxoplasma gondii affects a wide variety of hosts including threatened southern sea otters
(Enhydra lutris nereis) which serve as sentinels for the detection of the parasite's …

Many jurisdictions have adopted programs to manage feral cats by trap–neuter–return
(TNR), in which cats are trapped and sterilized, then returned to the environment to be fed …

This study was conducted to determine prevalence and risk factors for retrovirus infection of
infected cats in a large cat population in Germany by evaluation of 17,462 client-owned cats …

Julie K. Levy, DVM, PhD, DACVIM, and P. Cynda Crawford, DVM, PhD a young age,
enormous effort is often required to tame older feral cats. The lines between loosely owned …

Objective–To describe the current understanding of the etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis,
and treatment of feline hemotropic mycoplasmosis (feline infectious anemia). Data Sources …