A laboratory cat died 12 days after intraperitoneal inoculation of a 1 ml suspension containing 1.5 × 106 blood mononuclear cells from a Florida panther (Felis concolor coryi). Gross, histologic and ultrastructural investigations revealed the cause of death to be infection by Cytauxzoon felis, a protozoal parasite known to cause a rapidly fatal disease (cytauxzoonosis) in domestic cats. The bobcat (Felis rufus) has been identified as a natural host for C. felis. This report implicates the Florida panther as another possible host for C. felis.
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1 April 1991
Iatrogenic Transmission of Cytauxzoon felis from a Florida Panther (Felix concolor coryi) to a Domestic Cat
Mark T. Butt,
Dwight Bowman,
Margaret C. Barr,
Melody E. Roelke
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 27 • No. 2
April 1991
Vol. 27 • No. 2
April 1991
Cytauxzoon felis
cytauxzoonosis
Felis concolor coryi
Florida panther
iatrogenic infection