We report cytologic observations and isolation of Mycoplasma felis in September 1992 from the lower respiratory tract of a 3-week-old captive serval (Felis serval) cub with pneumonia, in Florida (USA). Septic, neutrophilic inflammation with a large, monomor-phic population of unique, pleomorphic, intracellular and extracellular rods was diagnosed from a transtracheal wash. Mycoplasma felis was the only bacterium isolated in significant numbers from the transtracheal wash.
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1 October 1996
Isolation of Mycoplasma felis from a Serval (Felis serval) with Severe Respiratory Disease
J. D. Johnsrude,
M. M. Christopher,
N. P. Lung,
M. B. Brown
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 32 • No. 4
October 1996
Vol. 32 • No. 4
October 1996
Felis serval
Mycoplasma felis
mycoplasmosis
pneumonia
serval
transtracheal wash