cytauxzoonosis

cytauxzoonosis
cy·taux·zoo·no·sis (si″tawk-zo″o-noґsis) a rapidly fatal disease due to infection with protozoa of the genus Cytauxzoon, occurring in African ungulates and in domestic cats. The feline infection is caused by Cytauxzoon felis and is seen chiefly in cats roaming the wooded areas of the Gulf Coast states of North America. It is clinically characterized by fever, anemia, icterus, anorexia, lethargy, dehydration, and depression, and microscopically by huge reticuloendothelial cells packed with schizonts in the peripheral blood that nearly occlude the lumens of the small and medium-sized veins of the lungs, spleen, and lymph nodes.

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