Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: A one and half-year-old tom cat was presented to University Veterinary Hospital, Kokkalai, Thrissur, Kerala with anorexia, jaundice and weakness.The cat had fever and the skin and mucous membranes were icteric.Peripheral blood smear examination revealed epierythrocytic organisms suggestive of Mycoplasma spp.Haematobiochemical examination revealed severe anemia, thrombocytopenia and marked hyperbilirubinaemia.Feline panleukopenia and Feline infectious peritonitis were ruled out by rapid immunochromatographic test kits.The results of microscopic agglutination test (MAT) and lipl32 gene specific PCR were also negative, thus ruling out leptospirosis.The case was tentatively diagnosed as feline mycoplasmosis.The cat responded to medical therapy with doxycycline, ursodeoxycholic acid, haematinics and supportive therapy.
Source: JIVA
Authors: Muhammad Nafel S., Arun George, Ambily R
Institution: Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
Language: English
Subfield: Microbiology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4401932375