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Haemobartonellosis in the Domestic Cat

Haemobartonellos hos tamkatt

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica volume 13, pages 323–331 (1972)Cite this article

Abstract

Post-mortem examination of two cases of natural Haemobartonella felis infection in the cat is reported. In both cases haemobartonellosis was confirmed on blood smears from the diseased animals. The most noticeable macroscopic finding was a pronounced general anemia.

The microscopic examination revealed hyperplasia of the bone marrow and a moderate extramedullary hematopoiesis in case 1 and in case 2 a reduction of the M/E index in the bone marrow.

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Författaren refererar obduktionsfynden hos 2 kattor med naturlig Haemobartonella felis infektion. Hos båda fallen observerades haemobartonella-organismer i blodutstryk från de insjuknade djuren. Det väsentligaste makroskopiska fyndet var en markerad allmän anemi.

Den mikroskopiska undersökningen visade hyperplasier i den hematopoetiska vävnaden i benmärgen och måttlig extramedullär hematopoes hos fall 1 och hos fall 2 en reduktion av M/E indexet i benmärgen.

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  1. Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Helsinki, Finland

    M. Hatakka

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Hatakka, M. Haemobartonellosis in the Domestic Cat. Acta Vet Scand 13, 323–331 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03547050

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