A Case of Iriomote Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis) with Hepatozoon felis Parasitemia

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Maki OKAMURA⁴  Masato SAKUMA¹  Takako SHIMOKAWA MIYAMA³  Yumiko ASARI⁴  Nozomi NAKANISHI²  Yasuyuki ENDO¹  Asuka SETOGUCHI¹  Takuma NISHIO¹  Masako IZAWA² 

[1] Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University;Laboratory of Ecology and Systematics, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyu;Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Kagoshima University;Iriomote Wildlife Conservation Center, Ministry of the Environment

关键词: Hepatozoon felis;    Iriomote cat;    parasitemia;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.11-0210

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(23)Cited-By(4)We herein present clinical findings of an Iriomote cat with Hepatozoon felis parasitemia. A male Iriomote cat was captured for ecological analyses three times from January 2010 to January 2011. Although this cat did not show any hematological abnormalities at the time of the first capture, H. felis parasitemia and increased serum creatine kinase levels were detected at the second and third captures. H. felis infection was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction, and amplified 18S ribosomal RNA gene fragments were 100% identical to those of H. felis in leopard cats in Korea. Although the virulence of H. felis in this cat was suggested to be low, this is the first report of an H. felis-infected Iriomote cat with parasitemia.

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